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overtitration

overtitration noun: the addition of excess titrant to an analyte past its endpoint.

Noun

overtitration (countable and uncountable, plural overtitrations)

  1. (analytical chemistry) The addition of excess titrant to an analyte past its endpoint.
    • Avoid "overtitration", i.e. add less than the stoichiometric amount of CsOH to the CDTA solution.2014 September 21, Norbert W. Lutz, Evelyne Béraud, and Patrick J. Cozzone, “Metabolomic Analysis of Rat Brain by High Resolution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Tissue Extracts”, in...

Forms of overtitration

pluralovertitrations

Origin of overtitration

From over- + titration.

Questions about overtitration

What does overtitration mean?
Overtitration means the addition of excess titrant to an analyte past its endpoint.
What part of speech is overtitration?
Overtitration is a noun.
What is the plural of overtitration?
The plural of overtitration is overtitrations.

Words near overtitration in the dictionary

  1. overtitling
  2. overtitrate
  3. overtitrated
  4. overtitrates
  5. overtitrating
  6. overtitration
  7. overtitrations
  8. overtly
  9. overtness
  10. overtoasted
  11. overtoil

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