aliquoting

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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).