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<term>
  <id>04947</id>
  <title>pulse duration</title>
  <longtitle>IUPAC Gold Book - pulse duration</longtitle>
  <doi>10.1351/goldbook.P04947</doi>
  <code>P04947</code>
  <status>current</status>
  <definitions>
    <item>
      <id>1</id>
      <text>In pulse polarography, differential pulse polarography, Kalousek polarography, and related techniques, the duration of an interval during which the excitation signal deviates from the base line. This interval includes the sampling interval.</text>
      <contexts/>
      <links>
        <item>
          <term>polarography</term>
          <url>https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/P04716</url>
        </item>
        <item>
          <term>sampling interval</term>
          <url>https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/S05465</url>
        </item>
      </links>
      <sources>
        <item>PAC, 1985, 57, 1491. 'Recommended terms, symbols, and definitions for electroanalytical chemistry (Recommendations 1985)' on page 1503 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac198557101491)</item>
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    </item>
  </definitions>
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  <citation>Citation: 'pulse duration' 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.P04947</citation>
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  <accessed>2026-04-20T11:18:57+00:00</accessed>
</term>
