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volumetric analysis

–noun Chemistry.
1. determination of the concentration, by volume, of a substance in a solution, as by titration.
2. determination of the volume of gases or changes in their volume during combination.


Origin:
1860–65
volumetric analysis  
n.  
  1. Quantitative analysis using accurately measured titrated volumes of standard chemical solutions.
  2. Analysis of a gas by volume.

Main Entry: volumetric analysis
Function: noun
1 : quantitative analysis by the use of definite volumes of standard solutions of reagents
2 : analysis of gases by volume

volumetric analysis n.

  1. Quantitative analysis using accurately measured titrated volumes of standard chemical solutions.
  2. Analysis of a gas by volume.

volumetric analysis

any method of quantitative chemical analysis in which the amount of a substance is determined by measuring the volume that it occupies or, in broader usage, the volume of a second substance that combines with the first in known proportions, more correctly called titrimetric analysis (see titration).

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