titration

Endpoint-seeking analysis

Titration is a laboratory technique for determining the concentration of a substance by gradually adding a reagent of known concentration until a chemical reaction completes.

The endpoint is often marked by a color change.

The word extends to any process of careful adjustment by small increments: We titrated his medication until we found the right dose.

volumetric

burette

Calibrated tube for titration

milliliters · stopcock · conical flask · aliquot · standard solution · molarity · concentration · dilution · calibration · accuracy

endpoint

equivalence

State of being equal

bromothymol blue · inflection · transition · visual · pH meter · starch · completeness · sharp · gradual · overshoot

stoichiometry

equivalence point

Complete neutralization moment

analyte · moles · normality · concentration · molarity

applications

assay

Compositional evaluation procedure

quality control · alkalinity · acidity · vitamin C · milk fat · dissolved oxygen · pharmaceutical · clinical

types

acid-base

Proton donor-acceptor chemistry

precipitation · photometric

Categories
Opposites
analytical precision

titrationestimation

Approximate value judgment

guesswork · approximation · eyeballing · spot test · chromatography

addition methodology

titrationdumping

Disposing carelessly or abruptly

Family

title, entitle, subtitle, titular, titrate, titrated

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Top 500,000
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