reagent
- noun
- /rɪˈeɪdʒənt/
- Specialized
- A reaction using nitric acid and potassium iodide reagent produces a canary yellow precipitate, a positive indicator for lead.
- chemical reagents
- reagent grade
- antibody reagents
OK, So what's going to happen if this reagent say is added to cell lysate?
- OK, So what's going to happen if this reagent say is added to cell lysate?
- Then I'm gonna take my other reagent, my chloride, and I'm gonna add that.
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The use of these monoclonal antibody reagents was then broadened to be able to diagnose the other TSEs.
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For example, it proves that the reagent used to detect the presence of foetal blood, in the car and on the bag, was not suitable for the purpose.
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Just enough for the reagent test.
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So this means this is the limiting reagent, the limiting reagent.
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When you get through using the reagent, put it in the disposal container.
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You need a reagent.
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Do you have any fluorescent reagents?
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All strains and reagents generated in this study are available upon request.
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It's crazy how much just containing the reagents and containing the heat from the reaction accelerates it.
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Chemists often use a reagent to test for the presence of specific substances in a sample.
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Etymology
Reagent comes from Latin parts re- meaning 'back' and agere meaning 'to act', and it is related to the words react and agent. So a reagent is something that 'acts back' on a substance or makes it react in a chemical test.