AssayIndex
Content & mass

Anhydrous basis

A content figure recalculated as if the sample contained no water. Must be stated, or a mass balance will not close.

Related terms

Salt-free basis
A content figure recalculated as if the sample contained no counter-ion. Like the anhydrous basis, must be stated explicitly.
Mass balance
Water + counter-ion + residual + total peptide content = 100 % of cake mass. Exhaustive and mutually exclusive. The index closes it on every record where the terms exist.

Where this term appears

The glossary exists to make record pages readable without a chemistry degree. Every technical term on a report resolves here.