Definition of Acidimetry

1. Noun. Volumetric analysis using standard solutions of acids to measure the amount of a base present.

Generic synonyms: Volumetric Analysis
Derivative terms: Acidimetric

Definition of Acidimetry

1. n. The measurement of the strength of acids, especially by a chemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or the fact that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weight of reagent is required.

Definition of Acidimetry

1. Noun. (chemistry) The measurement of the strength of acids, especially by a chemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or the fact that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weight of reagent is required. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Acidimetry

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Medical Definition of Acidimetry

1. The measurement of the strength of acids, especially by a chemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or the fact that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weight of reagent is required. Acidimet"rical. Origin: L. Acidus acid + -metry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acidimetry

acidifications
acidified
acidified serum test
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acidifiers
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acidifying
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acidimeters
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acidimetrical
acidimetries
acidimetry (current term)
acidities
acidity
acidity function
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acidity regulator
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acidless
acidly
acidness
acidnesses

Literary usage of Acidimetry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Analytical Chemistry by Frederick Pearson Treadwell (1904)
"SUBDIVISIONS OF VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS. I. acidimetry ... I. acidimetry AND ... The indicators used in acidimetry and ..."

2. An Introduction to Practical Chemistry: Including Analysis by John Eddowes Bowman (1864)
"In the former process the object was to determine the quantity of alkali by the quantity of acid which it was capable of neutralizing ; in acidimetry, ..."

3. A Systematic Handbook of Volumetric Analysis: Or, The Quantitative by Francis Sutton (1901)
"acidimetry OR THE TITRATION OP ACIDS. § 20. THIS operation is simply the reverse of all that has been said of alkalies, and depends upon the same principles ..."

4. Chemical Technology; Or, Chemistry in Its Applications to the Arts and by Edmund Ronalds, Thomas Richardson, Henry Watts, Friedrich Ludwig Knapp (1863)
"acidimetry. iron ought to produce 30-3 per cent and the ... acidimetry. This name is given to the volumetric processes employed for the testing of acids. ..."

5. A Text-book of Inorganic Chemistry by Arnold Frederik Holleman (1902)
"That part of volumetric analysis which comprises the methods used for this purpose is known as acidimetry and ..."

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