Yoctomole
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An SI unit of amount of substance equal to 10⁻²⁴ moles. Symbol: ymol. The yoctomole is approximately 0.6 of an individual particle.
"A low cost, 0.75-mW helium neon laser, operating in the green region at 534.5 nm, is used to excite fluorescence from tetramethylrhodamine isothiocyanate-labelled DNA fragments that have been separated by capillary gel electrophoresis.The detection limit (3σ) for the dye is 500 ymol [1 yoctomole (1 ymol) = 10⁻²⁴ mol] or 300 analyte molecules in capillary zone electrophoresis"
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More examples"A low cost, 0.75-mW helium neon laser, operating in the green region at 534.5 nm, is used to excite fluorescence from tetramethylrhodamine isothiocyanate-labelled DNA fragments that have been separated by capillary gel electrophoresis.The detection limit (3σ) for the dye is 500 ymol [1 yoctomole (1 ymol) = 10⁻²⁴ mol] or 300 analyte molecules in capillary zone electrophoresis"
Etymology
From yocto- + mole.
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