A refractometer is a laboratory or field device for the measurement of an index of refraction (refractometry). The index of refraction is calculated from...
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An Abbe refractometer is a bench-top device for the high-precision measurement of an index of refraction. Ernst Abbe (1840–1905), working for Carl Zeiss...
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A differential refractometer (DRI), or refractive index detector (RI or RID) is a detector that measures the refractive index of an analyte relative to...
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Must weight (section Refractometer scales)
using a refractometer. A few grapes are crushed between the fingers and the must is dripped onto the glass of the refractometer. The refractometer will be...
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metalworking processes. Dissolved solids can also be measured in °Bx with a refractometer, but it must be calibrated for the particular dissolved substance, because...
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Inline process refractometers are a type of refractometer designed for the continuous measurement of a fluid flowing through a pipe or inside a tank. First...
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A traditional handheld refractometer is an analog instrument for measuring a liquid's refractive index. It works on the critical angle principle by which...
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characteristics and properties. These include: Corrected 10× loupe Microscope Refractometer Polarising filter Magnifying eyepiece Contact liquid for RI (refractive...
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various refractometers, such as Abbe refractometer. Measurement accuracy of such typical commercial devices is in the order of 0.0002. Refractometers usually...
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A digital handheld refractometer is an instrument for measuring the refractive index of materials. Most operate on the same general critical angle principle...
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condenser, used for microscope illumination. In 1871, he designed the first refractometer, which he described in a booklet published in 1874. He developed the...
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Refractometry (section Types of refractometers)
their composition or purity. A refractometer is the instrument used to measure refractive index ("RI"). Although refractometers are best known for measuring...
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Ibn al-Haytham (section Refractometer)
Ḥasan Ibn al-Haytham (Latinized as Alhazen; /ælˈhæzən/; full name Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham أبو علي، الحسن بن الحسن بن الهيثم; c. 965 –...
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Pellin–Broca prism Abbe refractometer, a bench-top refractometer that offers the highest precision of the different types of refractometers Abbe sine condition...
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by using a refractometer by crushing a few grapes between the fingers and letting the must drip onto the glass prism of the refractometer. In countries...
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John E. Geake (section Refractometer inventions)
direct-reading refractometer for liquids, which has since been used in many practical applications. He designed the "UMIST Refractometer" subsystem for...
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Carl Pulfrich (section Pulfrich refractometer)
Centennial Story of Success Carl Pulfrich Award "Pulfrich refractometer". www.refractometer.pl. Retrieved 2015-10-11. Works by or about Carl Pulfrich...
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gravity—(using a hydrometer test strip or some sort of floating indicator), Refractometer—which measures the refractive index of the antifreeze solution, and...
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built into the firmware of modern refractometers and is the basis for calibration of purely optical refractometers which read in Brix. Temperature correction...
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alter its refractive index. Water content can easily be measured with a refractometer. Typically, the refractive index for honey ranges from 1.504 at 13%...
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polarimeter. For sugar mixtures, the concentration can be determined with a refractometer, for example in the Oechsle determination in the course of the production...
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bubble per minute. Then the sugar reserve is measured with a must weight refractometer/hygrometer. If there's sugar left, then more yeast should be added to...
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an enzymatic process that converts it to sugars. A must weight-type refractometer is used to determine the sugar content in the solution. Food portal...
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distinguished from tanzanite in three ways. The first is by using a refractometer: forsterite will show a refractive index of between 1.63 and 1.67, while...
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before and throughout the fermentation process using a hydrometer or refractometer, mead makers can determine the proportion of alcohol by volume in the...
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discovered the mineral paratacamite in 1906, and developed a jeweller's refractometer for the rapid identification of gems. The minerals smithite and herbertsmithite...
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transmitters. Another use around 1900 was as the light source in Pulfrich refractometers. Geissler tubes are sometimes still used in physics education to demonstrate...
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a balloon hydrometer, a nerve gas detector, a lab refractometer and process control refractometers. While from its start the company had been self-financed...
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This is commonly achieved using a measurement of refractive index (refractometer) or the angle of rotation of polarization of optically active sugars...
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sensitive detectors which includes UV-VIS absorption, differential refractometer (DRI) or refractive index (RI) detectors, infrared (IR) absorption and...
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