aliquoting

English

Verb

aliquoting

1. present participle and gerund of aliquot

   For samples that are suitable for aliquoting, take 15ml and place in a scintillation vial.

   • 1954, Glenn Theodore Seaborg, The Actinide Elements‎^[1], page 710:

     The most accurate quantitative deposition can be made by gravimetric aliquoting procedures, although volumetric aliquoting is reasonably accurate.

   • 2003, Walter G. Guder et al., Samples:From the Patient to the Laboratory‎^[2], →ISBN, page 44:

     In recent years, automated sample sorter systems have been introduced to cope with the workload of large reference laboratories and automated aliquoting systems have provided a simplified alternative to time-consuming and cumbersome manual aliquoting procedures.

   • 2004, Improving the Characterization Program for Contact-Handled Transuranic Waste‎^[3], National Research Council, →ISBN, page 44:

     The first part of statistical significance refers to sampling a container in a statistically significant way (more accurately called aliquoting).