analytical unit (analyser)

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.A00342
An assembly of subunits comprising: suitable apparatus permitting the introduction and removal of the gas, liquid or solid to be analysed and/or calibration materials; a measuring cell or other apparatus which, from the physical or chemical properties of the components of the material to be analysed, gives signals allowing their identification and/or measurement; signal processing devices (amplification, recording) or, if need be, data processing devices.
Source:
PAC, 1990, 62, 2167. (Glossary of atmospheric chemistry terms (Recommendations 1990)) on page 2175 [Terms] [Paper]