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Pure Appl. Chem., 2001, Vol. 73, No. 8, pp. 1381-1386

doi:10.1351/pac200173081381

ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY DIVISION
COMMISSION ON GENERAL ASPECTS OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Selectivity in analytical chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 2001)

Jörgen Vessman1,* Raluca I. Stefan, Jacobus F. van Staden, Klaus Danzer, Wolfgang Lindner, Duncan Thorburn Burns, Ales Fajgelj, and Helmut Müller7

1Astra Zeneca R&D Mölndal, S-43183 Mölndal, Sweden; 2Department of Chemistry, University of Pretoria. Pretoria, 0002, South Africa; 3Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Lessingstrasse 8, D-07743 Jena, Germany; 4Institute of Analytical Chemistry, University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria; 5Department of Analytical Chemistry, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, BT9 5AG, N. Ireland, UK; 6Agency's Laboratories Seibersdorf, International Atomic Energy Agency, A-2444 Seibersdorf, Austria; 7Institut für Analytik und Umweltchemie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Geusaer Strasse, D-06217 Merseburg, Germany


Abstract: The correct use of the term "selectivity" and its clear distinction from the term "specificity" are discussed. A definition of selectivity is given, and it is recommended that the use of this term be promoted and that the use of the term "specificity" be discouraged.
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