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c/coa·submitted 1 months ago by u/coa_janitor

how much of what we believe about area percent actually comes from COA threads

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The title is the whole question — how much of what we believe about area percent actually comes from COA threads — but here is why I am asking. Started keeping a folder of every certificate I have been sent. The ones that itemise impurities are a small group and they are mostly the same suppliers. Water content 3.8%,…

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u/foam_head_fred95 points·1 months ago

Net peptide content is the fraction of the powder that is actually peptide once counterion, water and residual solvent are accounted for. A 99% pure acetate salt can still be about 85% peptide by mass.

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u/priya_palacios56 points·1 months ago·edited

Net peptide content is the fraction of the powder that is actually peptide once counterion, water and residual solvent are accounted for.

Disagree on this specific point. Two honest labs can resolve that impurity differently and report different numbers.

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u/ahmed_rasmussen80 points·1 months ago

I would not read a rounded figure as evasive. Plenty of documents round to one decimal as house style.

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