The phrase "a minute quantity of the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a very small amount of something, often in scientific or technical contexts.
Example: "In the experiment, we measured a minute quantity of the substance to ensure accuracy in our results."
Alternatives: "a tiny amount of the" or "a small trace of the".
A minute quantity of the dust ended up in a river about a thousand miles east of Alamogordo, where, in early August , 1945 it was taken up into a paper mill that manufactured strawboard for Eastman Kodak.
The homeopathic practitioner creates his healing potions by starting with a minute quantity of the curative agent (some natural herb, mineral or whatever), diluting it in water by one part in 10, shaking the flask and then repeating the process again and again.
It is shown that, with the addition of even a minute quantity of H2, the mixture explosion limits evolve from being monotonic to the non-monotonic Z-shaped response characteristic of H2/O2 mixtures.
After dinner, as if nothing much had occurred, the literary conversation is resumed over a minute quantity of brandy by the fire.
The major advantage of HPTLC over HPLC is that a number of samples can be processed at the same time by using a minute quantity of mobile phase, thus lowering the analysis time and cost per analysis.
During the 2010 Tour de France, the eventual winner Alberto Contador tested positive for a minute quantity of clenbuterol.
However, after sulfur removal a minute quantity of a noxious mercaptan odorant is always added to commercial natural gas in order to ensure the rapid detection of any leakage that may occur in transport or use.
The sediment is examined between slide and coverslip, if necessary after adding a minute quantity of PSG.
The tubules of control teeth also appeared empty or with a minute quantity of electron dense remnants of intratubular contents (Fig. 5a, c) and, in addition, laminar-type collagen could be found between the intertubular dentin (Fig. 5e).
Using a recently developed technology that detects minute quantities of the virus genes, the scientists examined adult hibernating mosquitoes that hatched in late summer or fall.
