English
warn|neologism
Verb
aliquoting
- The process of preparing aliquots from a sample.
#:For samples that are suitable for aliquoting, take 15ml and place in a scintillation vial.
Quotations
1954 "The most accurate quantitative deposition can be made by gravimetric aliquoting procedures, although volumetric aliquoting is reasonably accurate." � Glenn Theodore Seaborg, The Actinide Elements, Page 710.
2003 "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." � Walter G. Guder et al., Samples:From the Patient to the Laboratory, ISBN 3527309810, p. 44.
2004 "The first part of statistical significance refers to sampling a container in a statistically significant way (more accurately called aliquoting)." � National Research Council, Improving the Characterization Program for Contact-Handled Transuranic Waste, ISBN 0309090903, p. 44.
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