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Calorimeter Summary
452 words, approx. 2 pages
A calorimeter is a scientific instrument used to measure the heat generated or absorbed in a chemical reaction or physical process. We owe the invention of this device to an observation made just before the turn of the nineteenth century by the...
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Calorimeter : Biological Psychology
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A calorimeter is a chamber, entirely closed from the outside world, in which one can house an animal and record its body heat. It is used to determine the METABOLIC RATE of small animals—calorimeters for use by large animals (including humans)...
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Calorimeter
68 words, approx. 1 pages
Device for measuring heat produced during a mechanical, electrical, or chemical reaction and for calculating the heat capacity of materials. A common design, known as a bomb calorimeter, consists of a reaction chamber surrounded by a liquid that...
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Calorimeter Information
2,078 words, approx. 7 pages
A calorimeter is a device used for calorimetry, the science of measuring the heat of chemical reactions or physical changes as well as heat capacity. The word calorimeter is derived from the Latin word calor, meaning heat. Differential scanning...
 


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Plant calorimeter may pick top crops.
09/17/1988: 393 words, approx. 1 pages
Plant calorimeter may pick top crops A new, speedy device that measures a plant's metabolic rate may improve on today's time-consuming methods for developing hardier crops. The machine, a novel form of calorimeter, can provide information in an hour for predicting a...
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Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Studies of excess heat and convection in a water calorimeter.(Statistical Data Included)
09/01/2001: 6,877 words, approx. 23 pages
To explain a difference of 0.5 % between the absorbed-dose standards of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Research Council of Canada (NRCC), Seuntjens et al. suggest the fault lies with the NIST water calorimeter being operated at...
 


 

Calorimeter

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