Laboratory Procedure
calorimetry
cal·o·rim·e·try [ kal-uh-rim-i-tree ]
Subclass of:
Chemistry Techniques, Analytical
Definitions related to calorimetry:
  • Measurement of the quantity of heat involved in various processes, such as chemical reactions, changes of state, and formations of solutions, or in the determination of the heat capacities of substances.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The measurement of the quantity of heat involved in various processes, such as chemical reactions, changes of state, and formations of solutions, or in the determination of the heat capacities of substances. The fundamental unit of measurement is the joule or the calorie (4.184 joules). (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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