azotometer

See also: Azotometer

English

Etymology

azote +‎ -o- +‎ -meter

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌeɪzəʊˈtɒmɪtɚ/

Noun

azotometer (plural azotometers)

1. (inorganic chemistry, obsolete) An apparatus for measuring or determining the proportion of nitrogen.
   • 1885, American Journal of Science, 3rd Series, Volume 30, page 57:

     The gases passed over a hot roll of copper gauze, then through a weighed calcium chloride tube, which absorbed the water, into an azotometer containing a concentrated solution of potassium hydroxide where the nitrogen was measured.

Synonyms

• nitrometer

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Bunte's azotometer
• Horn's azotometer
• Johnson's azotometer
• Lunge's azotometer
• Winkler's azotometer

Related terms

• azotometric
• azotometry

Translations

meter for nitrogen

• Polish: azotometr m

References

• “azotometer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “azotometer”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes I (A–C), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.