nitrometer

American  

[nahy-trom-i-ter] / naɪˈtrɒm ɪ tər /

noun

1. an apparatus for determining the amount of nitrogen or nitrogen compounds in a substance or mixture.

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nitrometer British  

/ naɪˈtrɒmɪtə /

noun

1. an instrument for measuring the amount of nitrogen in a substance

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Other Word Forms

• nitrometric
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of nitrometer

First recorded in 1820–30; nitro- + -meter

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

nitrometer

To collect the gas, raise the nitrometer off the rubber stopper, and place the gas tube from the decomposition apparatus in the glass dish W and under the opening of the nitrometer.

From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by P. Gerald (Percy Gerald) Sanford

The cellulose thus obtained, gives no trace of gas in the nitrometer, and duplicate determinations agree within 0.1 to 0.2 per cent. when the weight of unchanged cellulose amounts to about 0.2 grm.

From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by P. Gerald (Percy Gerald) Sanford

For the O.NO2 groups we have found the nitrometer and the Schloesing methods to give concordant results.

From Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 by C. F. Cross

The acid mixture may be taken by volume for determining nitric oxide in nitrometer.

From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by P. Gerald (Percy Gerald) Sanford

Sauer and Adou give the nitrogen as 18.35 to 10.54 per cent. by Dumas' method; but I have never found any difficulty in obtaining percentages as high as 18.46 by the use of Lunge's nitrometer.

From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by P. Gerald (Percy Gerald) Sanford

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