5010e_513.doc / 22.01.10
5.2 ABBREVIATIONS
A, ABS .................. Absorbance
A
RB
........................ Absorbance of reagent blank
A
RB,0
...................... At Fixed Time: absorbance of reagent blank after incubation time T
0
A
RB,1
...................... At Fixed Time: absorbance of reagent blank after reaction time T
1
A
RBB
....................... Absorbance of blank of reagent blank
A
S
.......................... Absorbance of sample
A
S,0
........................ At Fixed Time: absorbance of sample after incubation time T
0
A
S,1
........................ At Fixed Time: absorbance of sample after reaction time T
1
A
SB
........................ Absorbance of sample blank
A
ST
......................... Absorbance of standard
A
ST,0
....................... At Fixed Time: absorbance of standard after incubation time T
0
A
ST,1
....................... At Fixed Time: absorbance of standard after reaction time T
1
A
STB
....................... Absorbance of standard blank
C ........................... Concentration
C
ST
........................ Concentration of standard
CV......................... Quality control: Coefficient of variation
dA/min................... At Kinetic: ∆A / min
∆A
RB,Minit
................ At Kinetic: change of reagent blank per minute (measured in ∆A / min)
∆A
S,Minit
.................. At Kinetic: change of sample per minute (measured in ∆A / min)
F............................Factor
FTK .......................Fixed Time Kinetic
KIN........................ Kinetic
n............................ Quality control: number of values
nm......................... Nanometer (dimension of wavelength)
m........................... Quality control: mean of values
R ........................... Result, Sample
Rb ......................... Reagent blank
Rbb ....................... Blank of reagent blank
R^2........................ At Kinetic: square of correlation coefficient
or coefficient of determination shows the linearity of a test
S, ST..................... Standard
STb ....................... Standard blank
Sb.......................... Sample blank
s ............................Quality control: standard deviation
TRANSM., T.......... Transmission in %
T
0
.......................... At Fixed Time: incubation time in seconds
T
1
.......................... At Fixed Time: reaction time in seconds
T
1
.......................... At Kinetic: time per delta in seconds
ROBERT RIELE GmbH & Co KG Page 21 5 - CALCULATION PROCEDURES