nitrometer

[nahy-trom-i-ter]

noun

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

nitrometer

/ ˌnaɪtrəʊˈmɛtrɪk, naɪˈtrɒmɪtə /

noun

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

Other Word Forms

• nitrometric adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of nitrometer¹

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

Example Sentences

An apparatus for measuring or determining the proportion of nitrogen; a nitrometer.

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Guncottons are examined for degree of nitration by the nitrometer, in which apparatus they are decomposed by sulphuric acid in contact with mercury, and all the nitrogen is evolved as nitric oxide, NO, which is measured and the weight of its contained nitrogen calculated.

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Generally speaking, the lower the nitrogen content of a guncotton, as found by the nitrometer, the higher the percentage of matters soluble in a mixture of ether-alcohol.

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

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In working with nitrate of soda, &c., in the bulb nitrometer, it is necessary to take a quantity of the substance which will yield more than 100 and less than 150 c.c. of the gas.

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