Title: simultaneous technique
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - simultaneous technique
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.12306
Status: current

Definition
Indicates the measurement of two or more properties of a single sample at the same time.

Note
A hyphen is used to separate the abbreviations of the techniques; for example, simultaneous measurement of mass and heat flow rate (thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry) would be TGA-DSC.

Related Term
- combined technique: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/12284

Source
- PAC, 2014, 86, 545. 'ICTAC nomenclature of thermal analysis (IUPAC Recommendations 2014)' on page 549 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2012-0609)

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Citation: Citation: 'simultaneous 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.12306
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