The noun COLORIMETER has 1 sense: 1. a measuring instrument used in colorimetric analysis to determine the quantity of a substance from the color it yields with specific reagents. Familiarity information: COLORIMETER used as a noun is very rare.he noun COLORIMETER has 1 sense: 1. a measuring instrument used in colorimetric analysis to determine the quantity of a substance from the color it yields with specific reagents. Familiarity information: COLORIMETER used as a noun is very rare.
anhydride - a compound formed from one or more other compounds in a reaction resulting in removal of water. 1  acetic anhydride - a compound that is needed in order to refine opium into heroin. 2  phthalic anhydride - a white cyclic anhydride.
An introduction to acid anhydrides including a general look at their reactivity. Reactions of acid anhydrides with oxygen compounds. . . The reactions of acid anhydrides with water, alcohols and phenols (including the manufacture of aspirin). Reactions of acid anhydrides with nitrogen compounds. . .The reactions of acid anhydrides with ammonia and primary amines. Go to menu of other organic compounds. . .Go to Main Menu. . .he reactions of acid anhydrides with water, alcohols and phenols (including the manufacture of aspirin). Reactions of acid anhydrides with nitrogen compounds. . . The reactions of acid anhydrides with ammonia and primary amines.