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Dewar calorimeter

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Dewar calorimeter [¦dü·ər ‚kal·ə′rim·əd·ər]
(engineering)
Any calorimeter in which the sample is placed inside a Dewar flask to minimize heat losses.
A calorimeter for determining the mean specific heat capacity of a solid between the boiling point of a cryogenic liquid, such as liquid oxygen, and room temperature, by measuring the amount of the liquid that evaporates when the specimen is dropped into the liquid.


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