microchemicaladj.

1853 Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 1 139 Without..a perfect recognition of the crystalline forms, errors in micro-chemical investigations cannot but occur.

1880 Science 27 Nov. 272/2 M. Pringsheim has demonstrated the existence of a body in the green cells of plants, which he named hypochlorine.., [and] has quite recently described..its occurrence and its microchemical characters.

1894 Philos. Trans. 1893 (Royal Soc.) B. 184 790 On evaporating such a solution, and incinerating the residue, no calcium could be detected by microchemical reactions.

1932 Discovery Sept. 282/1 Professor Eibner has recently published an exhaustive monograph on the microchemical identification of pigments and mediums.

1965 G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. xiii. 208/2 The mineral does not fluoresce in ultra-violet light and microchemical test for copper was negative.

1993 P. Ouellette Deus Machine vii. 83 And now you're ready to..set off a microchemical conflagration that will burn the core out of Simon Greeley.