https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.S05924
A solution of accurately known concentration, prepared using standard substances in one of several ways. A primary standard is a substance of known high purity which may be dissolved in a known volume of solvent to give a primary standard solution. If @S06026@ is used to establish the strength of a @T06386@, it is called a secondary standard solution. The term secondary standard can also be applied to a substance whose active agent contents have been found by comparison against a primary standard. Concentrations of standard solutions may be expressed in \(\text{kmol m}^{-3}\), \(\text{mol dm}^{-3}\), or in terms more closely related to those used in specific titrations (as titres).