Definition and origins of calorimetry
Calorimetry: Principles, devices and utilization

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Definition and origins of calorimetry


Calorimetry: Principles, devices and utilization

Authors : Jean ROUQUEROL, Françoise ROUQUEROL, Phillip LLEWELLYN, Renaud DENOYEL

Publication date: December 10, 2012, Review date: September 1, 2023 | Lire en français

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1. Definition and origins of calorimetry

1.1 Definition of calorimetry

Ever since the term "calorimeter" was proposed by Lavoisier, calorimetry has always been, both etymologically and practically, the science of heat measurement. There is usually little ambiguity in the meaning of the term "heat" between calorimetrists and thermicists. This is not always the case among physicists, some of whom consider that heat can never be transmitted by radiation , or that it is not a physical quantity...

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