Chapter 17 - instrumentation

An instrument used for measuring evaporation, generally that of water, into the atmosphere

• Aerometer

• Atmometer

• Anemometer

•  Fadometer

An instrument for testing the resistance of materials to fading when they are exposed to artificial sunlight or ultraviolet light under controlled conditions.

•  Fadometer

• Fulgurator

• Odometer

• Atmometer

The type of calorimeter in which the specific heat of a specimen is measured by the quantity of ice it melts is the:

• ice calorimeter

• ice calorimeter

• vapor calorimeter

• hysometer

An instrument used for determination of the boiling point of water for estimating the altitude above sea level from its known variation with atmospheric pressure.

• Vapor calorimeter

• Hysometer

• Boiler

• Vapor bomb

A unit of work or energy equal to  ergs. It is equivalent to the work done by a force of one Newton acting through a distance of one meter.

• Btu

• Calorie

•  Joule

•  Watt

An electromagnetic device for separating isotopes by electrical sorting of their ions

• Ion sorter

• Isotopes sorter

•  Isotron

• Jolly balance

A device used for the determination of the specific gravity of a substance by weighing it in air and in water.

• Kelvin balance

• Kelvin balance

• Hysometer

• Jolly balance

Which of the following instruments is NOT used to measure flow rates?

• Anemometer

• Rotameter

• Rotameter

• Velometer

An instrument used to measure the quality of steam is the:

• psychometer

• gas calorimeter

•  pyrometer

• steam calorimeter

An instrument used to measure the density of gases is known as:

• aerovane

• aerometer

•  hygrometer

• atmometer