voltameter
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thumb|250px|A 19th century version of a voltameter. A voltameter or coulometer is a scientific instrument used for measuring electric charge (quantity of electricity) through electrolytic action. The SI unit of electric charge is the coulomb.
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Types
- Silver voltameter
- Copper coulometer
- Mercury voltameter
- Sulfuric acid voltameter
- Coulometer
- See also
- Sources
- References
thumb|250px|A 19th century version of a voltameter. A voltameter or coulometer is a scientific instrument used for measuring electric charge (quantity of electricity) through electrolytic action. The SI unit of electric charge is the coulomb.
The voltameter should not be confused with a voltmeter, which measures electric potential. The SI unit for electric potential is the volt.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “voltameter” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.