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What is a refractometer?

What is a refractometer? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (physics) An optical instrument used to measure the refractive index of a substance.
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Lacking a refractometer, the widely differing specific gravities of the two minerals would easily serve to distinguish them.
In its simplest form, grape sampling might consist of selecting some berries haphazardly from the vineyard and expressing juice into a refractometer to measure sugar content.
The eluents were analysed with a differential refractometer and the peak areas were integrated by a Spectra Physics 4290 integrator.
The Abbemat WR-MW digital refractometer enables quick and fully automatic measurements of the dispersion and Abbe number.
Calibration may be done by known solution value or by comparison to a refractometer.
Since the viscosity of the concentration depends on the temperature, it is recommended to use a refractometer for calibration and recheck.

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