Concept information
Preferred term
Calorimetry
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Scope note
- The measurement of the quantity of heat involved in various processes, such as chemical reactions, changes of state, and formations of solutions, or in the determination of the heat capacities of substances. The fundamental unit of measurement is the joule or the calorie (4.184 joules). (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
History note
- 67(65)
In other languages
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Finnish
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002151
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