Alcoholometry
Definition
A technical method and set of operations used to determine the concentration of ethyl alcohol in a hydroalcoholic mixture or a beverage. The process is based on measuring liquid density using an alcoholmeter or through precision refractometric and pycnometric methods, being essential in industrial quality control and custom duties.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Alcoholometry
- Alcohol determination
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Feminine noun, regular structural plural variations within analytical chemistry metrics. |
| Formation | Scientific compound combining the organic root 'alcohol' with the standard Greek suffix '-metry' (process of measuring). |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [al.ˈco.oli.me.tri.e] |
| Source | International Dictionary of Metrology and Chemical Standards |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Inginerul de laborator a aplicat o metodă de alcoolimetrie digitală pentru a verifica puritatea lotului de spirt.
EN: The laboratory engineer applied a digital alcoholometry method to verify the purity of the spirit batch.
RO: În distileria industrială, această alcoolimetrie precisă este obligatorie pentru calcularea accizelor datorate statului.
EN: In the industrial distillery, this precise alcoholometry is mandatory for calculating the excise duties owed to the state.
RO: Manualul de chimie analitică include un capitol dedicat tehnicilor clasice de alcoolimetrie prin picnometrie.
EN: The analytical chemistry textbook includes a chapter dedicated to classical alcoholometry techniques using pycnometry.
Idioms & Phrases
Tabel de alcoolimetrie / Alcoholometry table / chart
RO: Document tehnic de referință care corelează densitatea măsurată a unui amestec cu procentul de alcool în funcție de temperatură.
EN: A technical reference document correlating the measured density of a mixture with the alcohol percentage based on temperature.
Aparat de alcoolimetrie / Alcoholometry apparatus
RO: Ansamblu instrumental, de obicei format dindtr-un densitometru sau set de areometre, folosit la determinarea tăriei alcoolice.
EN: An instrumental assembly, usually consisting of a densitometer or a set of hydrometers, used to determine alcoholic strength.
Alcoolimetrie centezimală / Centesimal alcoholometry
RO: Sistem de măsurare inventat de Gay-Lussac care exprimă numărul de litri de etanol pur conținuți în 100 de litri de lichid.
EN: A measuring system invented by Gay-Lussac expressing the number of liters of pure ethanol contained in 100 liters of liquid.
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