Percentage point (pp)
The unit of a difference between two percentages. 98.7 % and 97.9 % differ by 0.8 pp, not 0.8 %.
Where this term appears
The glossary exists to make record pages readable without a chemistry degree. Every technical term on a report resolves here.
- Assay report records — the term appears in result tables, peak tables and provenance blocks
- Method references — where the measurement behind the term is defined
- All 22 glossary terms beginning with P