Title: shut-down time
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - shut-down time
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.S05651
Status: current

Definition
The time interval between production of the last result of an instrument and shut-down state.

Related Term
- shut-down state: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/S05650

Source
- PAC, 1989, 61, 1657. 'Nomenclature for automated and mechanised analysis (Recommendations 1989)' on page 1664 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac198961091657)

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Citation: Citation: 'shut-down time' 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.S05651
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