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GAS DENSITY DETECTOR [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2012-01-16
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Analytical Chemistry
- Phraseology
- Electrical Engineering
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- Clapp oscillator
1, record 1, English, Clapp%20oscillator
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
... Winefordner et al. described a special, more sensitive cell based on changes in dielectric constant and constructed to allow gas flow between the plates of a capacitor which is a part of the tank circuit of a 70-Mc/sec Clapp oscillator, the output of which is beat against that of a reference oscillator. With the difference frequency between oscillators adjusted to zero with pure carrier gas flowing through the detector, the presence of a foreign vapor in the cell will produce a different frequency which is linearly related to the amount of material introduced through an injection port in the carrier gas stream and inversely proportional to the absolute temperature for a given component at a constant density or concentration in the cell and for a particular operating frequency. 2, record 1, English, - Clapp%20oscillator
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Reference, sample Clapp oscillator. 3, record 1, English, - Clapp%20oscillator
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Chimie analytique
- Phraséologie
- Électrotechnique
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- oscillateur de Clapp
1, record 1, French, oscillateur%20de%20Clapp
masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2011-04-04
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Analytical Chemistry
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- gas density balance
1, record 2, English, gas%20density%20balance
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- gas-density balance 2, record 2, English, gas%2Ddensity%20balance
correct
- gas density detector 3, record 2, English, gas%20density%20detector
correct
- gas density meter 4, record 2, English, gas%20density%20meter
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
An instrument which responds to density changes in the gas stream, directly related to the molecular weights. Several forms of gas density balance have been developed since this type of detector was first introduced by Martin and James. Improvements in instrumentation have led to a revival of interest in it as a detector system suitable for molecular-weight studies. The density changes are measured by means of a form of U-tube, one limb of which contains pure carrier gas and the other column effluent gas. An anemometer situated between the two limbs detects and measures any density difference. Using nitrogen or argon carrier gas the limit of detection is 0. 4 μg, response is linear with concentration, and it can be used for molecular weight determinations for values below 200 and for percentage composition studies. 5, record 2, English, - gas%20density%20balance
Record 2, Key term(s)
- James Martin gas density balance
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Chimie analytique
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- balance à densité gazeuse
1, record 2, French, balance%20%C3%A0%20densit%C3%A9%20gazeuse
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- balance à densité 2, record 2, French, balance%20%C3%A0%20densit%C3%A9
feminine noun
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La balance à densité gazeuse est un des premiers détecteurs utilisés en chromatographie en phase gazeuse [....] Le gaz de référence [...] est divisé en deux flux et passe sur les éléments chauffants placés dans un pont de Wheatstone. Le gaz vecteur sortant de la colonne entre dans le détecteur [...] puis se divise également en deux flux. La sortie est commune. S'il ne sort de la colonne que le gaz vecteur pur, les débits dans les branches sont identiques [....] Le pont de Wheatstone est équilibré. Lorsqu'un soluté est élué de la colonne, et si sa densité est différente de cette du gaz vecteur [...], [il] en résulte une variation des débits qui se traduit par une variation de la température des filaments et donc par un déséquilibre du pont de Wheatstone. La réponse du détecteur est proportionnelle à la variation de la densité du gaz vecteur induite par la présence du soluté. 3, record 2, French, - balance%20%C3%A0%20densit%C3%A9%20gazeuse
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Peu sensible (du même ordre que le catharomètre à filaments), la balance à densité gazeuse a l'avantage d'être un détecteur universel, non destructif, et d'être le seul détecteur dont la réponse puisse être calculée rigoureusement à partir des formules chimiques des solutés qui le traversent. Pour ces raisons, elle a son utilité dans les analyses industrielles en ligne. 2, record 2, French, - balance%20%C3%A0%20densit%C3%A9%20gazeuse
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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