The word aliquot It is a term with which we can find ourselves in two areas mainly, on the one hand, at the request of the scientific work in laboratories in which it is used to name that initial part that is taken from a certain volume, in this case it is a liquid aliquot, or failing that of a mass, a solid aliquot. Aliquots are generally the result of dividing an initial volume into several equal parts. It can be measured in milliliters (ml) or grams (g).
The aliquot represents the composition and the physical and chemical properties of the original substance, hence it is highly representative when analyzing a substance as if it were the original, since it represents it one hundred percent.
In the case of liquid aliquots, they are taken from a pipette, a typical laboratory volumetric instrument that precisely allows the measurement of the aliquot with great precision. They are normally made of glass and are made up of a transparent tube that ends in a conical shape at one of its ends and also has a graduation that indicates the different possible volumes.
In the case of the solid aliquot, it must be handled using a diluent that just dilutes the grams of the sample; in most cases water or alcohol is used.
But it is also plausible to find the term aliquot in other areas such as the economic and public financein which he refers that part or proportion that is previously established by law, for the determination of a right, tax, or any other tax obligation.
Other uses that the word also admits are: is comprised a certain number of times in a whole and that turns out to be proportional.