gravimetric analysis

noun

Any of several methods and techniques of analytical chemistry in which the amount of a substance in a sample is determined by weighing a precipitate, filtrate, residue etc after some physical or chemical process.

Meanings

noungravimetric analysis (plural gravimetric analyses)

plural gravimetric analyses

  1. analytical chemistryAny of several methods and techniques of analytical chemistry in which the amount of a substance in a sample is determined by weighing a precipitate, filtrate, residue etc after some physical or chemical process.
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