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Why are percentage purities for assays by titration sometimes greater than 100?

April 26, 2017assay greater PERCENTAGE purities titration

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Why are percentage purities for assays by titration sometimes greater than 100?

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Titrations measure the ions present in reference to a standard. If other ions (of similar valency) are present in the solution then the value may be higher than that of the standard, as a result of the titration not being able to differentiate between the ions.