AZOTOMETER
\ˌazətˈɒmɪtə], \ˌazətˈɒmɪtə], \ˌa_z_ə_t_ˈɒ_m_ɪ_t_ə]\
Sort: Oldest first
By Oddity Software
By Noah Webster.
-
An apparatus invented by Knop for estimating the amount of nitrogen present in ammonium salts or in organic compounds that contain the ammonium residue NH2. Based upon the decomposition of these compounds with sodium hypobromid, NaBrO, into elementary nitrogen. Seldom used, as it has been replaced by better methods.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe