摘要:
An x-ray sedimentation particle size analyzer in which data is taken only at particular positions along the sedimentation cell, and each such position is individually calibrated. Presentation of the data in the form of a particle size distribution curve can be accomplished very accurately using interpolation techniques. The sedimentation cell design is free of the effects of undesirable density gradients capable of detecting and removing bubbles, capable of attaining a highly uniform dispersion of sample prior to sedimentation, and including a safety interlock device for blocking x-ray projection when the cell is being accessed.
摘要:
An apparatus 10 for maintaining a constant temperature within a vessel 12 immersed in a liquid 20 by surrounding a portion of the vessel 12, extending above the surface 22 of the liquid 20, with a wick 50. The wick 50 conducts liquid 20 up to a predetermined point on the vessel 12 and maintains the liquid 20 at that point, regardless of changes in the level of the liquid 20 due to evaporation. The wick 50 is encased within a layer of heat insulating or heat conducting material 60 to further aid in maintaining a constant temperature within the vessel 12. A second embodiment, including alternating layers of heat conducting 160 and heat insulating 180 material, is disclosed for increased temperature control. The disclosed apparatus 10 is particularly useful for maintaining a constant temperature within a vessel 12 attached to a scientific instrument, such as a pore volume and surface area analyzer.
摘要:
An apparatus and method are disclosed for obtaining and analyzing light scattering data to determine the size distribution of a group of dispersed particles that scattered the light. The apparatus and method use a two-dimensional array of photosensitive pixels such as a charge-coupled device (CCD) or an array of solid-state photodiodes. The analyzer illuminates the particles with a dose of light in a collimated beam from a light source so as to scatter light of the beam, and at least a portion of the light interacting with the particles is detected with the photosensitive pixel array. The pixels are fuctionally equivalent and the analyzer dynamically configures and re-configures at least a portion of the pixels into a variable number of data collection areas which correspond to a selected set of scattering angles. The analyzer also determines whether and, from the pixel output data, where an unscattered center of the incident light beam intersects the pixel array. Thus, no precision mechanical alignment of the light source and the pixel array detector is required prior to operation of the analyzer. Furthermore, the ability of the analyzer to determine the unscattered beam center allows the analyzer to classify each of at least a portion of the pixels to data collection areas according to a function of the geometric relationship the pixel bears to the location of the beam center.
摘要:
An apparatus and method are disclosed for obtaining adsorption data to be used for surface area and pore volume analysis. The apparatus and method utilize the differential pressures between a pair of dosing systems to indicate the amount of gas adsorbed by a sample. The system doses a sample chamber and a null chamber from essentially equal volumes of gas, and causes the chambers to be dosed such that any pressure difference between them, caused by adsorption, is eliminated. The resulting differential pressure between the essentially equal volumes of gas then indicates the amount of gas adsorbed by the sample. The system may be operated to dose in equilibrated increments or in a scanning mode in which adsorbate gas is continuously leaked into the sample chamber. A feedback circuit then controls dosing into the null chamber to eliminate the pressure difference caused by adsorption onto the sample surface. A differential pressure transducer connecting the volumes from which the gas is released then indicates the amount of gas adsorbed.
摘要:
A compaction device for determining envelope and bulk densities of sample materials. The device uses a rotating sample cylinder and a plunger positioned within the cylinder. The force on the plunger is measured as the plunger advances in the cylinder. The position of the plunger at which a predetermined level of force is applied thereto is determined. Envelope density is determined from the difference in the advance of the plunger when the cylinder is partially filled with a dry flowing medium and when a sample material such as a rigid object is added into the medium. Bulk density is determined from the difference in the advance of the plunger when the cylidner is empty and when the cylinder contains a sample material such as a powder.
摘要:
Un système automatique d'amenée d'échantillons (10) permet de manipuler des échantillons en suspension et est particulièrement utile en liaison avec un analyseur granulométrique par sédimentation. Le système est capable de disperser un échantillon particulaire pour obtenir une suspension sans préparation préliminaire de l'échantillon, de maintenir un échantillon en suspension au moment de son amenée à un analyseur, de délivrer en continu une concentration acceptable d'un échantillon en suspension, ainsi que de nettoyer et de rincer ses constituants entre l'amenée des échantillons afin d'éviter la contamination. Dans le mode de réalisation décrit, des béchers sont disposés sur un plateau rotatif (12), et un ensemble (15) d'amenée et de préparation d'échantillons consistant en une sonde ultrasonique (80), un agitateur (75) et un tube plongeur (85) est amené en position au-dessus des béchers (14) dans une séquence préprogrammée, puis abaissé dans le bécher (14) pour la préparation et le prélèvement de l'échantillon. On rince les constituants en renvoyant, par l'intermédiaire du tube plongeur (85), du liquide clair sur l'agitateur rotatif (75) qui disperse ce liquide.
摘要:
An x-ray sedimentation particle size analyzer in which data is taken only at particular positions along the sedimentation cell, and each such position is individually calibrated. Presentation of the data in the form of a particle size distribution curve can be accomplished very accurately using interpolation techniques. The sedimentation cell design is free of the effects of undesirable density gradients, capable of detecting and removing bubbles, capable of attaining a highly uniform dispersion of sample prior to sedimentation, and including a safety interlock device for blocking x-ray projection when the cell is being accessed.