my 20mg vial weighed more than 30mg of powder, is the certificate lying
does purity by hplc at one wavelength miss things
Spun off from a message in #coa-reading on 2026-01-18. 16 messages, 5 participants.
- tare_weight — does purity by hplc at one wavelength miss things 21:57
the font on this one changes halfway down, am i being paranoid
if the certificate date precedes the lot date, ask. sometimes it is sloppiness and sometimes it is not
coming back after 7 months, has the pinned reading guide changed
ask for water content
is sterility tested as part of a normal purity certificate
does anyone keep a folder of certificates to compare over time
purity is not assay
whats the minimum a certificate has to have before you take it seriously
i was wrong about this for a year: area percent under-reports nothing, it just answers a different question than assay does
thats a tell
no lot no certificate
the paperwork can be perfect and the vial can still be light. weigh it
ask for water content
looks re-dated
the three way match is vial, certificate, invoice. if all three agree you have something