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Instrument: Flow Injection Analyzer

Acronym:
 FIA
External Identifier:
» skos:broadMatch http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/LAB36/
Description

An instrument that performs flow injection analysis. Flow injection analysis (FIA) is an approach to chemical analysis that is accomplished by injecting a plug of sample into a flowing carrier stream. FIA is an automated method in which a sample is injected into a continuous flow of a carrier solution that mixes with other continuously flowing solutions before reaching a detector. Precision is dramatically increased when FIA is used instead of manual injections and as a result very specific FIA systems have been developed for a wide array of analytical techniques.