External Calibration and Propagation of Error

After completing this activity, students will be able to:

  • Identify a single-point external calibration
  • Determine the amount of unknown in a sample for a single-point external calibration
  • Use propagation of error to determine the relative error in a measurement.

Susan Oxley, St. Mary’s University (San Antonio) (soxley@stmarytx.edu)

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