English

Verb

aliquoting

1. present participle of aliquote

   For samples that are suitable for aliquoting, take 15ml and place in a scintillation vial.

   • 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.

1. • 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.

1. • 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.