the solution in a titration that is added from a burette to a measured quantity of another solution
titrant in American English
(ˈtaitrənt)
noun
Chemistry
the reagent added in a titration
Word origin
[1935–40; tit(e)r + -ant]This word is first recorded in the period 1935–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blitz, fluorocarbon, gangbuster, roadblock, walk-through-ant is a suffix forming adjectives and nouns from verbs, occurring originally in Frenchand Latin loanwords (pleasant; constant; servant) and productive in English on this model; -ant has the general sense “characterized by or serving in the capacity of” that namedby the stem (ascendant; pretendant), esp. in the formation of nouns denoting human agents in legal actions or otherformal procedures (tenant; defendant; applicant; contestant). In technical and commercial coinages, -ant is a suffix of nouns denoting impersonal physical agents (propellant; lubricant; deodorant). In general, -ant can be added only to bases of Latin origin, with a very few exceptions, as coolant
Examples of 'titrant' in a sentence
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In all examples, images were obtained after the addition of each aliquot of titrant solutions.
Sandro A. Nogueira, Lucas R. Sousa, Nathália K. L. Silva, Pedro H. F. Rodrigues, WendellK. T. Coltro 2017, 'Monitoring Acid–Base Titrations on Wax Printed Paper Microzones Using a Smartphone',Micromachineshttp://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/8/5/139. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In the operation mode, several sample to titrant volumetric ratios are injected in an air segmented plug.
Ganzarolli Edgard Moreira, Lehmkuhl Arilson, Queiróz Roldão Rosevelt R. de, SouzaIvan Gonçalves de 1999, 'Titulador potenciométrico automatizado baseado em sistema de fluxo monossegmentado',Química Novahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40421999000100011. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The conductance of the solution was monitored as a function of the added volume of titrant.
Bruna Cláudia Lourenção, Luiz Humberto Marcolino-Junior, Orlando Fatibello-Filho 2008, 'Determinação condutométrica de captopril em formulações farmacêuticas utilizando sulfatode cobre(II) como titulante Conductometric determination of captopril in pharmaceuticalformulations using copper(II) sulphate as titrant', Química Novahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422008000200030. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The titration was carried out in non- aqueous media using perchloric acid in glacial acetic acid as a titrant.
Azhar M. Jasim 2017, 'Validity of Generalized Standard Addition Method for a Mixture of Amino Acid Analysis',Iraqi Journal of Pharmaceutical Scienceshttp://bijps.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/bijps/article/view/503. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The method utilizes a mediator, a weak acid that can form an insoluble salt with the titrant.
Tae-Kee Hong, Myung-Hoon Kim, Myung-Zoon Czae 2010, 'Determination of Chlorinity of Water without the Use of Chromate Indicator', International Journal of Analytical Chemistryhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/602939. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)