calorimeter

IPA: kˈæɫɝˈɪmʌtɝ

(physics) An apparatus for measuring the heat generated or absorbed by either a chemical reaction, change of phase or some other physical change.

Examples of "calorimeter" in Sentences

Surrounding the calorimeter are the asbestos outside and hair-felt lining.]
Two of the most important signatures of particles are tracks and calorimeter hits.
Then a detector called calorimeter absorbs and measures the energy of the particles.
The calorie count assigned to a food, however, isn't the exact number that comes from the calorimeter.
A 0.1375 g sample of solid magnesium is burned in a constant volume bomb calorimeter that has a heat capacity?
A 0.1375 g sample of solid magnesium is burned in a constant volume bomb calorimeter that has a heat capacity of 3024 J/C (degrees C).
The amount is determined by measuring the food's energy using what is known as a bomb calorimeter—a device that burns a sample of food in a vessel surrounded by water.
The exact makeup of the product—that 10% of the calories come from fat, for instance—can be determined from knowing its constituent ingredients and testing each in the calorimeter.
The value of M, which is not necessarily a whole number, should be determined for each test, though in all probability such a value is a constant for any individual calorimeter which is properly operated.
The basic idea of PFC (seems to me to be) that you use a really spatially-fine-grained calorimeter, and when you have a track leading to the cal, you measure what you can with the tracker alone, and whatever else with the cal.