quality assurance

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.Q04975
The guarantee that the quality of a product (analytical data set, etc.) is actually what is claimed on the basis of the @Q04976@ applied in creating that product. Quality assurance is not synonymous with @Q04976@. Quality assurance is meant to protect against failures of @Q04976@.
Source:
PAC, 1990, 62, 2167. (Glossary of atmospheric chemistry terms (Recommendations 1990)) on page 2208 [Terms] [Paper]
Cite as: IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). Online version (2019-) created by S. J. Chalk. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
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