Saturday, April 3, 2010

#93 assay

#93 assay- to subject a substance to chemical analysis to determine purity; to attempt

-C14 from French assai

- also assayable (adj.); assayer (noun)

To assay a substance is often done within chemistry circles.

A notable feature of this assay is the speed and ease of reagent additions.

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