Experiments were performed vs Experiments were carried out

Both phrases are correct and commonly used in English. They can be used interchangeably to describe the action of conducting experiments.

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Experiments were performed

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that experiments were conducted or executed.

Examples:

The experiments were performed according to the protocol.
Several experiments were performed to test the hypothesis.

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Standard safety pharmacology experiments were performed under light protection in the mouse, rat and dog.
To cover the intended clinical use of Beromun, ILP experiments were performed in hind legs of healthy rats using different doses in the same tasonermin concentration as in the clinical situation in the human.
Results may remain equivocal or questionable regardless of the number of experiments performed.
To minimise the workload, a carefully designed and statistically sound approach can be used to combine experiments performed to determine different parameters
For ethical reasons no challenge (infection) experiment was performed against tetanus.
Regarding tetanus, no challenge (infection) experiment was performed for ethical reason.
For the ease of breeding and cytological verification these experiments are performed with mice.
The experiment is performed near the summer solstice when the Sun achieves its maximum elevation angle, and therefore casts a sharp shadow.
The experiments they performed on me did not yield any results, but that didn't stop them from trying.
volume of the aliquot sampled for analytical purpose from the time (i), during the desorption kinetics experiment performed with the serial method
If the critical difference is exceeded, another experiment must be performed within the next two months.
Our little experiment can be performed only once.
He was fired because of a series of psychologically abusive experiments that he performed there on student volunteers.
The experiment should be performed in a dust-free (as far as possible) environment.
All experiments shall be performed in a fume hood in a room that may be well ventilated.
Moset performed experiments on living people.
total volume of the aqueous phase in contact with the soil during the desorption kinetics experiment performed with the serial method
total volume of the aqueous phase in contact with the soil during the desorption kinetics experiment performed with the serial method (cm3)
volume of the aliquot sampled for analytical purpose from the tube (i), during the desorption kinetics experiment performed with the serialmethod (cm3)
VT= total volume of the aqueous phase in contact with the soil during the desorption kinetics experiment performed with the serial method (cm3)

Alternatives:

experiments were carried out
experiments were conducted
experiments were executed
experiments were undertaken
experiments were implemented

Experiments were carried out