noun
- An instrument used to determine the freezing point of a liquid, especially to measure the concentration of dissolved substances in a solution.
Usage: technical; chemistry
Examples
- The chemist used a cryoscope to measure the freezing point depression of the salt solution.
- A cryoscope is essential equipment in analytical chemistry laboratories.
- By using a cryoscope, researchers can determine the molecular weight of unknown compounds.
- The cryoscope showed that the antifreeze lowered the freezing point of water significantly.
- Students learned to operate a cryoscope during their physical chemistry experiment.