voltameter

[ vol-tam-i-ter, vohl- ]

noun

1. a device for measuring the quantity of electricity passing through a conductor by the amount of electrolytic decomposition it produces, or for measuring the strength of a current by the amount of such decomposition in a given time.

voltameter

/ ˌvɒltəˈmɛtrɪk; vɒlˈtæmɪtə /

noun

1. another name for coulometer

Derived Forms

• voltametric, adjective

Other Words From

• vol·ta·met·ric [vol-t, uh, -, me, -trik, vohl-], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of voltameter¹

1830–40; volta ( volt ¹ ) + -meter

Example Sentences

He also measured the E.M.F. required to decompose water, and showed that when part of the electric energy EC is thus expended in a voltameter, the heat generated is less than the heat of combustion corresponding to EC by a quantity representing the heat of combustion of the decomposed gases.

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The electrochemical apparatus was a voltameter containing a definite compound to be electrolysed, or a voltaic cell or battery.

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Thus the electromotive force of the disk was opposed by a back electromotive force θε due to the chemical action in the voltameter or battery, to which the wires from the disk were connected.

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The quantity of an ion liberated in a voltameter is proportional to the electro-chemical equivalent of the ion.

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His most important contribution at 186 this date was the invention of the voltameter and his enunciation of the laws of electrolysis.

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