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Impurities & degradation

Stability-indicating method

A method demonstrated to separate the analyte from all its degradation products. A stability claim from a non-stability-indicating method means nothing.

Related terms

Forced degradation
Deliberately stressing a sample under acid, base, oxidative, thermal and photolytic conditions to prove the method can resolve degradants.

Where this term appears

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