Technical data

Understanding Your Agilent ChemStation 143

Calibration

Calibration Table

The calibration table specifies conversions of peak areas or heights into the

units you choose according to the calculation procedure you select. It contains

a list of retention/migration times from a calibration run. These

retention/migration times are compared with retention/migration times of

peaks from a sample run. Where a match occurs, the peak in the sample is

assumed to represent the same component as that in the calibration table, see

“Peak Identification” on page 127. During an analysis or while a report is

being generated, the amounts entered for each peak are used to calculate the

amounts for the calculation procedure selected for the report. The type and

amount of information required for creating a calibration table varies with the

type of calculation procedure desired.

The following information is needed to create a calibration table:

• the retention/migration time for each calibration mixture component peak,

and

• the amount of each component used in making the calibration mixture,

expressed in consistent units.