titration

noun

titration

noun

US /taɪˈtɹeɪʃən/

Etymology From titrate + -ion, see titrate.

1

The determination of the concentration of some substance in a solution by slowly adding measured amounts of some other substance (normally using a burette) until a reaction is shown to be complete, for instance by the colour change of an indicator.

Analytical chemistry

Derived terms
autotitration, back titration, electrotitration, immunotitration, Karl Fischer titration, microtitration, overtitration, titrational, uptitration
Related terms
titre, titrate

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