Methods Nominal amount concentration (µg mL-1) RSD%
Robustness Ruggedness
Variable alerteda
Acid volume (n=3) Reaction time (n=3) Different analysts (n=3) Different instruments (n=3)
GMF
Method A 0.5 0.87 1.47 1.20 0.90
  1.0 1.14 1.98 1.06 1.10
  1.5 2.10 2.40 0.96 1.82
Method B 0.5 1.27 1.18 0.98 1.03
  1.0 1.65 1.75 1.20 1.30
  1.5 2.04 1.53 1.70 1.92
Method C 1.0 1.39 1.09 1.06 1.45
  2.0 1.56 1.61 1.50 1.70
  4.0 2.20 1.08 2.45 1.86
MXF
Method A 0.5 1.17 0.93 0.96 1.28
  1.0 1.54 1.05 1.41 1.67
  2.0 1.90 1.90 2.30 2.42
Method B 1.0 1.32 0.88 1.32 1.05
  2.0 1.85 1.42 1.90 1.80
  4.0 2.37 2.05 2.50 2.60
Method C 0.5 1.09 1.16 1.46 1.30
  1.0 1.50 1.75 2.55 1.64
  2.0 1.95 2.09 2.30 2.48
aVolume of 5.0 M HCl is (1.0 ± 0.2 mL) and reaction time is (10 ± 2.0 min) (after adding NBS) were used.
Table 4: Results of method robustness and ruggedness (all values in %RSD) studies.