calorimeter

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An apparatus for measuring the amount of heat contained in bodies or developed by some mechanical or chemical process, as friction, chemical combination, combustion, etc.

An apparatus for measuring the proportion of unevaporated water contained in steam.

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A calorimeter is a device which is used to measure and define the internal energy of a system. Source: Internet

An example is a coffee-cup calorimeter, which is constructed from two nested Styrofoam cups and a lid with two holes, allowing insertion of a thermometer and a stirring rod. Source: Internet

A much more accurate data set can be obtained from an adiabatic calorimeter, but such a test may take 2–3 days from ambient at a rate of 3 °C increment per half hour. Source: Internet

Electrical energy is used to ignite the fuel; as the fuel is burning, it will heat up the surrounding air, which expands and escapes through a tube that leads the air out of the calorimeter. Source: Internet

Bomb calorimeters have to withstand the large pressure within the calorimeter as the reaction is being measured. Source: Internet

Differential scanning calorimeter main In a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), heat flow into a sample—usually contained in a small aluminium capsule or 'pan'—is measured differentially, i.e., by comparing it to the flow into an empty reference pan. Source: Internet

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