ALKALIMETER

n.?m/e%t-wr, From alkali, and pétpov, a measure. Fr., alcalimètre. Ger., Alkalimeter. Sp., alcalimetro. An apparatus for determining the amount of real alkali present in a liquid; either by the gradual addition of an acid of nown strength, the amount nece ary to saturate the alkali being e iding Ger., alkali sir bar. noted; or, in the case of the alkaline carbonates, by measurin; amount of carbonic acid set free by their decomposition on anacid. [B.] à ALKALIMETRIC, adj. ee Ger., alkalimetris kalimetry. ALKALIMETRY, n.?. Ger., Alkali me trie, Sp. alcalimetria. Pl A2l-ka@l-i7-me?t'rik. Fr, alcalimé-. Sp., alcalimétrico. Pertaining to al- Fr, alcalimétrie, The determination of the proportion of real alkali present in an alkaline liquid. [B,2.] See ALKALIMETER,