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analyte

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[a-nuh-lahyt] / ˈæ nəˌlaɪt /

noun

  1. Chemistry. a substance that is undergoing chemical analysis.


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When one target analyte interacted with a fluorescent tip, the change in brightness was recorded by a computer.

From Science Daily Dec. 4, 2024

This volume is then used to calculate the concentration of analyte in the sample using the stoichiometry of the titration reaction.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

Mass measurements of the sample, the isolated analyte, or some other component of the analysis system, used along with the known stoichiometry of the compounds involved, permit calculation of the analyte concentration.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

Also common are gravimetric techniques in which the analyte is subjected to a precipitation reaction of the sort described earlier in this chapter.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

The mass of the precipitate may then be used, along with relevant stoichiometric relationships, to calculate analyte concentration.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

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