reagent
IPA: riˈeɪdʒʌnt
noun
- (chemistry) A compound or mixture of compounds used to treat or test materials, samples, other compounds or reactants in a laboratory or sometimes an industrial setting.
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Examples of "reagent" in Sentences
- Benedict’s reagent is a solution of copper sulfate, sodium hydroxide, and tartaric acid.
- In the reaction shown below only one of the mirror image forms of a Corey-reagent is used.
- The reagent is first reacted with borane (BH3) which can then reduce a carbonyl group to an alcohol.
- The utility of the reagent was always limited by its instability under normal laboratory conditions.
- A nanoscale gold "reagent" - which detects a substance via a chemical reaction - is injected, followed by a silver one that interacts with the gold to produce an ultra-thin film.
- The most remarkable feature of Tebbe's reagent is a methylene group bridging between titanium and aluminum, which could replace the oxygen in a carbonyl group in a Wittig-like reaction.
- Thanks to the workers of the Civil Defense Laboratory, in cooperation with other institutions, we now have a Cuban reagent, which is very good and very efficient for the analysis of AIDS, but large amounts of it are expended by the old equipment.
- The system consists of a compact, 5.1 kilogram (11.2 pounds), portable analyzer and a series of single-use plastic discs, called reagent discs that contain all the chemicals required to perform a panel of up to 13 tests on veterinary patients and 14
- The system consists of a compact, 5.1 kilogram 11.2 pounds, portable analyzer and a series of single-use plastic discs, called reagent discs that contain all the chemicals required to perform a panel of up to 13 tests on veterinary patients and 14 tests on human patients.
- The system consists of a compact, 5.1 kilogram (11.2 pounds), portable analyzer and a series of single-use plastic discs, called reagent discs that contain all the chemicals required to perform a panel of up to 13 tests on veterinary patients and 14 tests on human patients.
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