Title: micro- technique
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - micro- technique
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.12298
Status: current

Definition
Prefix used to denote that the technique measures small quantities, either with respect to the amount of sample studied, or with respect to the change in the properties measured.

Notes
1) This prefix has been applied to many thermal methods, and the equipment associated with them, for example, microbalance, microreactor, microcalorimeter and also to the technique itself: microthermal, microscopic, and the property studied: microstructural.
2) The opposite prefix, macro-, is also occasionally used.
3) Mathematically, micro = \(\upmu\) = \(\pu{E-6}\).

Source
- PAC, 2014, 86, 545. 'ICTAC nomenclature of thermal analysis (IUPAC Recommendations 2014)' on page 548 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2012-0609)

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Citation: Citation: 'micro- technique' 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.12298
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