calorimeternoun [ C ]
/ˌkæl.əˈrɪm.ɪ.tər//ˌkæl.əˈrɪm.ə.t̬ɚ/a piece of equipment for measuring the amount of heat produced in a chemical reaction
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Laboratory equipment
- bell jar
- Buchner funnel
- Bunsen burner
- burette
- collecting flask
- condenser
- conical flask
- crucible
- evaporating dish
- flame test
- flask
- graduated cylinder
- hydrometer
- litmus paper
- microscope
- oscilloscope
- particle accelerator
- retort stand
- siphon
- transducer
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Examples from literature
- An apparatus known as the bomb calorimeter has two chambers, the inner, which contains the dry food to be burned, say a definite amount of sugar, and an outer, which is filled with water.
- At one end, on the ground floor, is the exposing and recording apparatus for flame tests of explosives, also pressure gauges, and a calorimeter, and, at the other end, is a gallery for testing safety lamps.
- M. Curie has calculated directly, by the aid of the calorimeter, the quantity of energy liberated, measuring it entirely in the form of heat.
- The data which we have used were obtained by the use of a calorimeter measuring the quantity of heat passing through covering.
- The respiratory calorimeter is an air-tight compartment in which men are confined for a week or more at a time while studies are being made concerning heat and energy yielded by food products.