ANALYTICAL
CHEMISTRY DIVISION
COMMISSION ON GENERAL ASPECTS OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Selectivity in analytical chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 2001)
Jörgen Vessman1,*
Raluca I. Stefan2, Jacobus F. van Staden2, Klaus Danzer3, Wolfgang Lindner4,
Duncan Thorburn Burns5, Ales Fajgelj6, 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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