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n. - Balance for weighing very small objects.

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  • "microbalance" can estimate "the difference of weight of the order of the millionth of a milligram."
  • 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.
  • 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,...
  • 66Arriving in London, Pettersson had little idea of what he was supposed to work on and Ramsay suggested the construction of a microbalance for his dissertation topic.
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