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Chromatography

Valley-to-valley integration

Baselining a small peak from valley to valley rather than to the true baseline. Assigns the overlap to the larger peak and understates the smaller one.

Related terms

Drop-line integration
Separating two overlapping peaks with a vertical line dropped from the valley between them. Unbiased when the peaks are of comparable size.

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