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calorimetry

calorimetry

1 8.5
Measuring how much heat is given off or taken in during chemical and physical changes
  • noun
  • /ˌkæl.əˈrɪm.ə.tri/
  • Specialized
: calorimetría
  • Frances Hellman is receiving the Joseph F. Keithley Award for using emerging micromachining techniques to significantly extend the range of calorimetry into the realm of nanoscale science.
  • differential calorimetry
  • calorimetry data

So for example, indirect calorimetry is best on this principle that whatever oxygen we breathe in and carbon dioxide we breathe out.

Examples

  • At the University of Birmingham's Centre for Formulation Engineering, we cooled and heated chocolate through rapid programmed temperature changes and then studied what happened using differential scanning calorimetry.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Once fitted to differential scanning calorimetry data over a range of cooling rates, the model can then be used both to predict behavior and to explain what is happening in the process.

    Academic text (2011)

  • More than 150 scientific papers were presented on subjects such as calorimetry, nuclear theory, materials, and so on.

    Academic text (1994)

  • So for example, indirect calorimetry is best on this principle that whatever oxygen we breathe in and carbon dioxide we breathe out.

    Andrew Huberman

  • The model simplifies the number of crystal forms, but this simplification makes it possible to model differential scanning calorimetry data.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Conventional solidification of chocolate has been extensively studied using differential scanning calorimetry, which involves measuring the heat flow required to melt or solidify the material.

    Academic text (2011)

  • As many as 30 different methods have been used to assess physical activity from calorimetry, job classification, survey assessment, physiological markers, behavioral observation, mechanical monitors, and dietary records.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Metabolic energy expenditure measurements were conducted in a 50-meter-long straight and level corridor using indirect calorimetry by collecting exhaled gases in a 60-liter Douglas bag.

    Academic text (1995)

  • This type of process can be modeled relatively simply using conventional computational heat transfer programs if data for the variation of effective specific heat capacity, C, measured by differential scanning calorimetry as a function of cooling rate, are used in the thermal conduction equation.

    Academic text (2011)

  • In chemical research, calorimetry is essential for determining how much heat is absorbed or released during reactions.

Surface Forms

calorimetry singular
calorimetries plural

Morphology

calorimetry = calorie + metry (semi-transparent) = calor + metry

The components 'calor' and 'metry' are clear, but the specific scientific application may not be immediately obvious to all learners.

Etymology

The word calorimetry comes from calor meaning 'heat' and -metry meaning 'measure', and you can see calor in calorie and -metry in thermometer. So, calorimetry is the measuring of heat, which explains why the word is used for measuring the heat given off or taken in during chemical reactions or physical changes.