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Into or maxo

Why do people normally use  "into" (integrated intensity) instead of  "maxo" (maximum intensity) on the diffreport step? Is there a specific reason for that? Does anyone  have a reference about that?

Thank you

Re: Into or maxo

Reply #1
andrea,

Maximum intensity corrosponds to the peak height. This value is know to be highly variable in a dataset for the same peak. However, peak area is a much more robust measurement. There are certain situations where peak height is desired however, mostly this is just to get the correct plotting parameters for the EIC's :)

Cheers,

Paul
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H. Paul Benton
Scripps Research Institute
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