Title: dilution water
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - dilution water
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.14588
Status: current

Definition
Water used to dilute the test material in an aquatic toxicity test in order to prepare either different concentrations of a test chemical or different percentages of an effluent for the various test treatments.

Note
The water (negative) control in a test is prepared with dilution water only.

Source
- PAC, 2009, 81, 829. 'Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)' on page 867 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-08-07-09)

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Citation: Citation: 'dilution water' 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.14588
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