摘要:
A sample to be analyzed is injected into a stream of carrier liquid by coupled dual valves in two branches of the stream. One of the two valves is open and the other closed at any one time. The bore of the closed valve provides a metering cavity which is filled with the sample to be analyzed, and the sample is injected by simultaneously closing the previously open valve and opening the sample-bearing closed valve. The specific, dual valve arrangement disclosed has a single movable disc arranged between two stationary discs, the discs being provided with passages filled and emptied in the necessary sequence when the movable disc is rotated.
摘要:
ENZYMATICALLY REACTIVE SUBSTANCES CONTAINED IN AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS ARE QUANTITATIVELY DETERMINED BY INTRODUCING A DEFINED AMOUNT OF A SOLUTION SAMPLE CONTAINING THE SUBSTANCE TO BE DETERMINED AND WHICH IS FREE OF AIR BUBBLES, INTO A STREAM OF BUFFER SOLUTION IN A BLOCK-LIKE FASHION, WHEREIN THE BUFFER SOLUTION CONTAINS THE REAGENTS NECESSARY FOR AN ENZYMATIC REACTION WITH SAID SUBSTANCES AND FLOWS WITH CONSTANT VELOCITY AND WHEREIN THE INTRODUCTION OF THE BLOCK SAMPLE DOES NOT SUBSTANTIALLY ALTER THE VELOCITY OF FLOW, CONTACTING THE RESULTING STREAM WITH THE APPROPRIATE ENZYME AND THEN PASSING THE STREAM OVER A DETECTOR TO INDICATE THE AMOUNT OF REACTION HAVING OCCURED, AND RELATING READINGS FROM THE DETECTOR TO THE AMOUNT OF THE SUBSTANCE TO BE DETERMINED CONTAINED IN THE SAMPLE.