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<term>
  <id>09133</id>
  <title>current sampling</title>
  <longtitle>IUPAC Gold Book - current sampling</longtitle>
  <doi>10.1351/goldbook.09133</doi>
  <code>09133</code>
  <status>current</status>
  <definitions>
    <item>
      <id>1</id>
      <text>Measurement of electric current in voltammetry.</text>
      <notes>
        <item>The usual objective is to minimise the sampling time. With modern instrumentation, the interval depends on the speed of a sample-and-hold device coupled with analog-to-digital (A-to-D) conversion.</item>
      </notes>
      <links>
        <item>
          <term>voltammetry</term>
          <url>https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09148</url>
        </item>
      </links>
      <sources>
        <item>PAC, 2020, 92, 641. 'Terminology of Electrochemical Methods of Analysis (IUPAC Recommendations 2019)' on page 670 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2018-0109)</item>
      </sources>
    </item>
  </definitions>
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  <citation>Citation: 'current sampling' 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.09133</citation>
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  <accessed>2026-04-21T03:56:43+00:00</accessed>
</term>
