1937 Ann. Rev. Biochem. VI. 90The methods of capillary colorimetry are necessarily more difficult than the other ultramicro methods which have been discussed.
1940 Ibid. IX. 599Drop analysis.—Ultramicrochemical methods have been advanced..in regard to the number of constituents determinable.
1946 Chem. Abstr. XL. 6017 (heading)Ultramicroanalysis. III. A method for enriching copper by selective adsorption and for destroying organic matter in the determination of copper.
1946 Chem. &Engin. News XXIV. 1195/2The field which embraces the chemical study of material on this minute scale of operation has been given the name ‘ultramicrochemistry’ by P. L. Kirk, a pioneer investigator in the field of quantitative chemistry on the microgram scale.
1946 Nature 31 Aug. 313/1 (heading) Ultra-micro methods in nuclear chemistry.
1962 H. Heath in A. Pirie Lens MetabolismRel. Cataract 365Ultra-microanalytical methods have to be used to detect the last traces of ascorbic acid.
1971 Analytical Biochem. XLIV. 503 (heading)Quantitative ultramicroanalysis of amino acids in the form of their DNS-derivatives.
1973 Biol. Abstr. LVI. 1717/1 (heading)Ultramicrochemical methods for the analysis of tissues and cells of the inner ear.
1979 Ma & Rittner Mod. Organic Elemental Analysis xi. 366Since it is now possible to carry out organic synthesis at the microgram level, the applications of ultramicro analytical methods become apparent.
ORIGIN: from ultra- + micro- .
ultramicro-
combining form
Etymology: ultra- + micr-
: of, involving, or being for quantities of material smaller than micro quantities : on a scale smaller than micro