calorimeter
An apparatus for measuring the heat generated or absorbed by either a chemical reaction, change of phase or some other physical change.
A kind of
- measuring instrument
Related words
- microcalorimeter
- minicalorimeter
- nanocalorimeter
- calorimetric
- calorimetry
- bomb calorimeter
Word history
From Latin "calor" (warmth, heat).
Where this comes from
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