flame photometer

noun

: a spectrophotometer in which a spray of metallic salts in solution is vaporized in a very hot flame and subjected to quantitative analysis by measuring the intensities of the spectral lines of the metals present

flame photometric adjective

flame photometry noun

Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of flame photometer was in 1945

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“Flame photometer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flame%20photometer. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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