calorimeter
/ˌkaləˈrɪmɪtə
/noun
An apparatus for measuring the amount of heat involved in a chemical reaction or other process.It functions as what physicists call a calorimeter, measuring the total energy of the deposited gamma rays....
- They used the ice calorimeter to measure the heat given off by a guinea pig as it breathed oxygen, relating this heat to that of a chemical reaction occurring inside the animal.
- The cells were stabilized for 4 hours at 25 degrees celsius inside the calorimeter before heating up to the final temperature at a heating rate of 0.5 degrees celsius per minute.
Derivatives
calorimetric
/ adjective ...- The key issue of this paper is to relate thermodynamics data, especially calorimetric data, of peptide-containing membranes to the aggregation of the peptides.
- Kinetic and calorimetric criteria are usually applied to determine whether or not a folding reaction follows a two-state model.
- Scanning calorimetric experiments show that proteins do have a heat capacity.
calorimetry
- The prediction was tested by constructing the corresponding phase diagram using low- and wide-angle x-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry, and polarized light microscopy.
- For this research, we'll be using scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry, and thermomechanical analysis.
- Encouraged by the textile industry, a great amount of work using differential scanning calorimetry has been undertaken.
Origin
Late 18th century: from Latin calor 'heat' + -meter.