Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A balance designed to weigh very small loads, up to 0.1 gram.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A delicate balance for weighing 1 milligram or less.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any
balance capable of weighing objects having a mass less than amilligram
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun balance for weighing very small objects
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Examples
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"microbalance" can estimate "the difference of weight of the order of the millionth of a milligram."
The Breath of Life John Burroughs 1879
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The other developed "an effective quartz crystal microbalance-based biosensor capable of detecting melamine and cyanuric acid at low concentrations and in just a matter of minutes."
Gerald Bracey: Low Math and Science Achievement: Does Not Computebracey 2008
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Pregl also contributed a number of micromethods for measuring atomic groups and developed a series of apparatus, including a sensitive microbalance, necessary for his work.
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With support from Wada, Minunni's team is now trying to convert the sensor from a quartz crystal microbalance system into one that is based on optical detection.
Latest Articles Chemistry World 2010
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With support from Wada, Minunni's team is now trying to convert the sensor from a quartz crystal microbalance system into one that is based on optical detection.
Latest Articles Chemistry World 2010
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The XP6U and XP2U ultra-microbalances and the XP6 microbalance with up to 6 g capacity and 0.1 μg or 1 μg readability, provide measurement accuracy, user friendliness, and quality standards.
R&D Mag - News 2009
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The XP6U and XP2U ultra-microbalances and the XP6 microbalance with up to 6 g capacity and 0.1 μg or 1 μg readability, provide measurement accuracy, user friendliness, and quality standards.
R&D Mag - News 2009
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We have replaced the balance with a quartz linearly to a change in mass of uniform film thickness. crystal microbalance (QCM).
Recently Uploaded Slideshows tovman 2009
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The XP6U and XP2U ultra-microbalances and the XP6 microbalance with up to 6 g capacity and 0.1 μg or 1 μg readability, provide measurement accuracy, user friendliness, and quality standards.
R&D Mag - News 2009
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The XP6U and XP2U ultra-microbalances and the XP6 microbalance with up to 6 g capacity and 0.1 μg or 1 μg readability, provide measurement accuracy, user friendliness, and quality standards.
R&D Mag - News 2009
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