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A test that uses an ammoniacal solution of silver oxides to test for aldehydes and ketones.
Industry:Chemistry
A United States Pharmacopoeia test to determine the carbonizable substances present in petroleum white oils.
Industry:Chemistry
A theory that the sample phase in gas chromatography flows continuously, not stepwise.
Industry:Chemistry
An obsolete apparatus used in laboratory fractional distillation; it is a long glass tube with indentation in its walls; a thermometer is placed at the top of the tube and a side arm is attached to a condenser.
Industry:Chemistry
Determination of the halogen content of a solution by titration with a standard thiocyanate solution.
Industry:Chemistry
An aqueous solution of iodine and potassium iodide; used for microchemical analysis of alkaloids. Also known as Wagner’s solution.
Industry:Chemistry
A device for vaporization of solvent from filter paper, leaving the solute in a ring (circular) shape; used for qualitative analysis of very small samples.
Industry:Chemistry
A solution in glacial acetic acid of iodine monochloride; used to determine iodine numbers. Also known as Wijs’ special solution.
Industry:Chemistry
A chemical method for estimating the dissolved oxygen in seawater: manganous hydroxide is added to the sample and reacts with oxygen to produce a manganese compound which in the presence of acid potassium iodide liberates an equivalent quantity of iodine that can be titrated with standard sodium thiosulfate.
Industry:Chemistry
A light-colored methylmagnesium iodide-n-butyl ether solution that reacts rapidly with moisture and oxygen; used to determine water, alcohols, and amines in inert solvents.
Industry:Chemistry
