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cryoscopy
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cry·os·co·py  (kr-sk-p)
n.
A technique for determining the molecular weight of a solute by dissolving a known quantity of it in a solvent and recording the amount by which the freezing point of the solvent drops.
cryo·scopic (--skpk) adj.
cryoscopy [kraɪˈɒskəpɪ]
n pl -pies
(Chemistry) the determination of freezing points, esp for the determination of molecular weights by measuring the lowering of the freezing point of a solvent when a known quantity of solute is added
cryoscopic  [ˌkraɪəˈskɒpɪk] adj
cryoscopy
the study of the freezing points of fluids.
See also: Cold


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the purification of platinum, the Mueller Bridge (widely used before the modern bridges were developed), purification by slow crystallization and zone refining, cryoscopic determination of purity of substances, ac bridge measurement of resistance, electronics and computers, and many other areas.
The Kelvin and temperature measurements by Saunders, R.D. / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
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