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Index conventions

Provenance

How a sample was obtained: buyer-sourced, supplier-supplied or laboratory-retained. A first-class field in this index because it changes the weight of the evidence.

Related terms

Chain of custody
The documented sequence of possession of a sample from acquisition to analysis. Determines what a result can be attributed to.
see also Provenance
Rule AX-R10
A supplier-supplied sample reading more than 0.8 pp above buyer-sourced material from the same lot.

Where this term appears

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