Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of aliquot
For samples that are suitable for aliquoting, take 15ml and place in a scintillation vial.
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The most accurate quantitative deposition can be made by gravimetric aliquoting procedures, although volumetric aliquoting is reasonably accurate.
1954, Glenn Theodore Seaborg, The Actinide Elements, page 710In 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.
2003, Walter G. Guder et al., Samples:From the Patient to the Laboratory, →ISBN, page 44The first part of statistical significance refers to sampling a container in a statistically significant way (more accurately called aliquoting).
2004, Improving the Characterization Program for Contact-Handled Transuranic Waste, National Research Council, →ISBN, page 44
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