Re: Need clarification on terms in chemical industry

On Jun 18, 1:26 pm, mrsethbull...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
I am new to the chemical industry and am struggling with understanding
the difference between a few basic terms - in particular, the precise
difference between a Certificate of Analysis, a Specification ***
and a Product Information ***.

Can someone please clarify how these three documents differ from each
other?  Both in terms of intent as well as in terms of the information
that goes on each ***.

Every company have different nuances to some of these ...

A Certificate of Analysis are the results obtained from various
parameters of interest for that product ....
A Specification *** lists the maximum levels for impurities and the
range for the assays of the constituents ... It may be product or
customer specific ...
A Product Information *** is a description of the product and
possible uses usually prepared by advertising or marketting and
espouses how great the product is whether it is or not ...
.

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