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

Etymology

Origin of nitrometer

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

Example Sentences

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nitrometer

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

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

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 nitrometer should be of a capacity 150 to 200 c.c., and should contain a bulb of 100 c.c. capacity at the top, and should be fitted with a Greiner and Friederich's three-way tap.

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

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.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various