Comparative characterization of conditions for the unambiguous chromatographic identification of organic substances

The most important conditions that provide the unambiguous chromatographic identification of organic substances without using other analytical paramet ers were considered. It was shown that a binary classification using the "a ccuracy" and "unambiguity" categories is more advantageous for the characte rization of the results of analyte identification, whereas the attempts at characterizing them by uncertainty or confidence probability (similar to th e representation of results of quantitative determinations) are inexpedient and only hinder the interpretation. Quantitative estimates can only be use d for characterizing the information content of various methods and their c ombinations used to solve certain problems, first and foremost, to indicate the necessity of using other analytical parameters for enhancing the unamb iguity of the results.