fluorimetry
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8.5
A lab method that measures glowing light to find the amount of a substance in a sample
- noun
- /flʊəˈrɪmətri/
- Specialized
:
fluorimetría
- By employing fluorimetry, scientists can detect even trace amounts of substances based on the light they emit.
- differential fluorimetry
Examples
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In the laboratory, they used fluorimetry to determine the concentration of the dye in the sample.
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Researchers rely on fluorimetry to accurately measure the levels of various chemicals in their experiments.
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Differential scanning fluorimetry assesses the thermal stability of proteins in the presence or absence of nonpeptide small molecules, where a melting curve shift indicates a positive interaction.
Academic text (2018)
Synonyms
8.5
Measurement of light that substances give off to identify them
has identical meaning but is used as an alternative scientific term
Surface Forms
fluorimetry singular
fluorimetries plural
Morphology
Etymology
Fluorimetry comes from fluorescence ('glowing light') and the ending -metry meaning 'measure', like in geometry. So, fluorimetry is the method of 'measuring glowing light', which is why scientists use it to find and measure very small amounts of a substance.