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Apparatus and process for measuring the colloidal stability of liquids

US4547070A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 24, 1981
Grant dateOct 15, 1985
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Expiry dateMar 24, 2001

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N21/51
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Apparatus for measuring the colloidal stability of liquids comprising a sample-holder containing a sample of the liquid the turbidity of which is to be measured, a cooling tank containing the sample-holder and associated with a cooling unit, a laser light source of appropriate wavelength, a photopile for measuring the light flux diffused through the sample to be checked, a reference photopile for permanently controlling the exciting beam, a semitransparent mirror reflecting a part of the light beam in the direction of the reference photopile, a device for absorbing the nondiffused light and a logic system associated with a microprocessor for calculating the value of the turbidity of the sample.

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