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Definition?

Can we enhance the first sentence so it makes sense to someone who doesn't know what an Assay or Analyte is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.149.139.254 (talk) 14:30, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I took a stab at a new definition Ringbang (talk) 23:55, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The definition of an assay is too narrow by restricting it to molecular biology. Its used in all areas of science and science based industry as a word to signify a test for concentration or to confirm the presence of an analyte Eggilicious (talk) 15:26, 22 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Concentration?

The definition should mention that an assay can be used to measure the concentration of an analyte, which is not its property. Concentration assays should be mentioned as one assay type. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.248.178.2 (talk) 14:21, August 28, 2007 (UTC)

I disagree that an assay is always a method to determine a concentration. What about an enzyme activity assay? ike9898 21:01, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. Also, [mixture] implies a chemical mixture, and proteins aren't really chemicals (neither are stem cells, as in the title!) How does the current definition work for you? --MPW 16:13, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Anybody ever notice that "assay" is "ass" in pig latin? (anybodyay everay oticenay athay "assayay" isay "assay" inay igpay atinlay?) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.129.239.143 (talk) 05:18, August 25, 2007 (UTC)

Coins?

Does anyone think the coin section should be moved from here (and perhaps given its own page)? It seems that this page is talking about chemical and biological assays, and somebody linking to here or looking "assays" up wouldn't really be expecting to find out about assayers of coins. Also, if they are it's buried a little too deep into the page to find it. --MPW 16:23, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, "assay" is most frequently used in life science and although a generic term, it seems that dedicating a section to coins is too specific. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Denisfleroux (talk • contribs) 14:39, August 28, 2007 (UTC)

I created a new article for the metal alloy assay content: Metallurgical assay. Ringbang (talk) 15:27, 31 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Environmental Contaminants

Can anyone add assays for these? This currently is just a list of contaminants, not ways to detect them. --MPW 16:30, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Added to the assay type subsection. Laatu (talk) 12:54, 13 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Assayer's Office

This article doesn't mention anything about lands. 99.155.187.235 (talk) 23:59, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Why the separate articles?

It's just a blanket term for compositional analysis seemingly. Also used for crude oil.--86.12.160.194 (talk) 14:51, 15 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Evaluation

The article has a good status. It is neutral in tone and cites several sources in sections that utilize the work of others—there are some necessary citations that must be referenced as already indicated on the article page itself. In addition, the lead section is clear and relatively concise considering how broad of a topic assay is.--Biochem2024 (talk) 03:10, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]