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bucket chemistry en · NOUN

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  1. (informal, uncountable) Any chemical process or technique that is relatively low-tech, and does not require specialist equipment or skills, or precise measurement or control.
    • There are certain manufacturing methods that do not require traditional chemical apparatuses. "Bucket" chemistry is an appropriate term, because these reactions can literally take place in a plastic bucket. 2003, Donnell R. Christian, Forensic Investigation of Clandestine Laboratories:
    • Analytical procedures for pesticides were largely still in the "bucket chemistry" era and the methods were provided by either the chemical company or the "Official Methods" of the Association of Agricultural Chemists. 1971, Francis A. Gunther, Residue Reviews:
    • One can prepare the organo-rare earth complexes by rather easy bucket chemistry. 1994, E. Roland Menzel, Laser Spectroscopy: Techniques and Applications: