08049 IUPAC Gold Book - testing 10.1351/goldbook.08049 08049 current synonym: test 1 Determination of one or more characteristics of an object of conformity assessment, according to a specified procedure. In analytical chemistry, testing may be a measurement to obtain a quantity value or an examination, such as identifying a chemical substance (see qualitative analysis). Determination https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08018 analytical chemistry https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08003 conformity assessment https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08067 inspection https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08080 PAC, 2021, 93, 997. 'Metrological and quality concepts in analytical chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 1017 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2019-0819) https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08049/html https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08049/json https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08049/plain Citation: 'testing' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.08049 The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) for individual terms. If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org . The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using. 2026-04-18T19:03:11+00:00