colorimeter
- noun
- /ˌkɒləˈrɪmətər/
- Specialized
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colorímetro
- Presently, the Park Forest Middle School science teachers are working on preparing experiments to synthesize nanoscale particles and to employ the school's new colorimeters to investigate the size, shape, and concentration of particles the size of one billionth of a meter.
- assembled the colorimeter
Examples
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Working in teams, technology education students assembled the colorimeters and learned how the electronic components interact to quantify electromagnetic radiation in the visible light spectrum.
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Free residual chlorine was analyzed using a HACH colorimeter.
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The portable colorimeter is factory pre-calibrated for over 90 water/wastewater tests.
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The construction of the colorimeter/spectrometer is intended to actively engage students in hands-on activities involving science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) concepts.
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A low-cost and portable colorimeter kit has been designed and developed as an educational tool at Penn State University by Dr. Daniel Sykes for K-12 schools' integrated STEM learning.
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The scientist used a colorimeter to measure the concentration of the dye in the samples accurately.
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With the colorimeter, we were able to analyze the discoloration of the water due to pollutants.
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She calibrated the colorimeter before testing the chemical concentration in the laboratory.
Synonyms
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A machine that measures how much light of different colors a substance absorbs to help know what it is
An instrument that measures the amount of a substance in a sample by its color
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Etymology
Colorimeter joins color and -meter, where -meter means 'measure', as in thermometer. In the lab, a colorimeter 'measures color' to tell how much of a chemical is in a sample, because the amount makes the color stronger.