A look at testing equipment, hopefully this can build to a complete list with more detailed descriptions over time.
Needs review: this page is a short, growing list of testing equipment entries. It would benefit from additional equipment types (e.g. environmental chambers, cyclers/testers, tensile test rigs) and more detailed descriptions of each — flagged here rather than expanded automatically since it requires subject-matter judgement on scope and depth.
Calorimeter – the device used to study the calorimetry of a process. At their core, calorimeters are insulated containers, allowing for the isolation of the systems under study from their surrounding environment.
What is Calorimetry? Calorimetry is a branch of thermodynamics that deals with heat transfer quantification. Heat can be transferred during a variety of processes, such as chemical reactions, phase changes, or dissolution of solutes in a solvent. Calorimetry follows the first law of thermodynamics, which states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred. The direction that the heat takes will determine the type of process: if heat is absorbed, the process will be endothermic, whereas if heat is released, the process will be exothermic.
Thermocouple – device for measuring temperatures, consisting of two dissimilar metals which produce an electromotive force roughly proportional to the temperature difference between their hot and cold junction ends.
See also: Comparative Analysis of Physical Temperature Sensing Technologies