flame photometer

flame photometer
noun
: a spectrophotometer in which a spray of metallic salts in solution is vaporized in a very hot flame and subjected to quantitative analysis by measuring the intensities of the spectrum lines of the metals present
flame photometric adjective

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flame photometer,
an instrument used to measure the concentration of certain elements in solution, such as the amount of sodium and potassium salts in the blood. When the solution is sprayed into a very hot flame, the relative intensities of the emission spectra of the elements present in the solution can be measured.

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