Step

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-011358",
  "term": "Step",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "The portion of an integral chromatogram that records the amount of a component, seen as a rise of the signal to a new plateau when that component leaves the column. An integral chromatogram plots the cumulative detector signal, so each eluted component produces one step instead of a peak. The step height is proportional to the amount of that component.",
  "subject": "Analytical Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "chromatogram"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Orange Book, 2nd ed., p. 96 (https://media.iupac.org/publications/analytical_compendium/)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/step/"
}