Title: back titration
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - back titration
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.09035
Status: current

Definition
Titration of remaining reagent after addition of excess reagent to the titrand.

Related Term
- titrand: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09051

Source
- PAC, 2025, 97, 137. 'Glossary of terms for mass and volume in analytical chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 2024)' on page 2 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2023-0903)

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- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/09035/xml

Citation: Citation: 'back titration' 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.09035
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