Measurement of Analytical Parameters

At the beginning of the analytical process the analyst has to select the method of analysis. That at least partly determines the sampling strategy, and it completely determines the preparation of the sample. 

Two basic requirements must be met for the instrumental technique when it is applied in art conservation research sensitivity, for obtaining relevant data from small samples on the nano, micro or mill (-gram, -meter) scale and specificity, for unambiguously identifying compounds and quantifying the analytes from the complex mixtures of substances that form the materials present in the monument or artwork. Other requirements are also desirable for an analytical method when it is applied to objects of artistic, historic, and archaeological nature according to Lahanier et al. [2], these are  

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