nitrometer

American  

[nahy-trom-i-ter] / naɪˈtrɒm ɪ tər /

noun

1. an apparatus for determining the amount of nitrogen or nitrogen compounds in a substance or mixture.

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nitrometer British  

/ ˌnaɪtrəʊˈmɛtrɪk, naɪˈtrɒmɪtə /

noun

1. an instrument for measuring the amount of nitrogen in a substance

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Other Word Forms

• nitrometric adjective

Etymology

Origin of nitrometer

First recorded in 1820–30; nitro- + -meter

Example Sentences

The nitrogen in nitro-glycerine may of course be determined by the nitrometer, but in this case it is better to take a much smaller quantity of the substance.

From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)

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.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

Sauer and Adou give the nitrogen as 18.35 to 10.54 per cent. by Dumas' method; but I have never found any difficulty in obtaining percentages as high as 18.46 by the use of Lunge's nitrometer.

From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)

The arrows show the inlet and outlet for the cooling water that is kept running through the water jacket round the nitrometer tube.

From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)

To collect the gas, raise the nitrometer off the rubber stopper, and place the gas tube from the decomposition apparatus in the glass dish W and under the opening of the nitrometer.

From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)