nitrometer

ni·trom·eter

an apparatus for measuring the amount of nitrogen, or certain of its gaseous compounds, emitted during a chemical reaction

Origin of nitrometer

nitro- + -meter

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Noun

(plural nitrometers)

(chemistry) An apparatus for determining the amount of nitrogen or some of its compounds in a substance.

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nitro- +"Ž -meter; compare French nitromÃ¨tre.

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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.
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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