alkalimetryn.
/ˌalkəˈlɪmᵻtri/, U.S. /ˌælkəˈlɪmətri/ Chemistry.
The volumetric measurement of the amount or strength of alkalis.
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alkalimetry1817
refraction1831
Hofmann method1876
cryoscopy1885
Reichert–Meissl1887
oxidimetry1896
Hofmann exhaustive methylation1938
workup1942
radioactivation analysisa1947
neutron activation analysis1947
activation analysis1948
1817 A. Ure in Ann. Philos. 10 275 A very considerable error,..as I demonstrated in a memoir on Alkali-metry, subjected about a year ago to the inspection of Dr. Henry, of Manchester.
1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. xii. 275 Alkalimetry at present consists in an estimative process dependant upon neutralization, and the use of the test papers.
1860 J. S. Muspratt Chem. I. 735 The valuation of potashes, or alkalimetry.
1913 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 86 202 Alkalimetry, acidimetry, and other volumetric tests.
1963 Sci. News Let. 30 Mar. 204/3 New experiments on acidimetry and alkalimetry.
1999 Ambix 46 3 In the second half of the [18th] century, the foundations of ‘scientific analytical chemistry’ were laid (as distinguished from ‘industrial analysis’—alkalimetry, chlorometry, etc).
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