Abstract:
Using an LED element as a light source, a photometric unit including the light source, a light receiving element and other components therebetween is reduced in size. A holder 30 detachable from the device as a unit holds a light emission unit 15 formed of an LED and a light receiving element 21, and the holder is placed inside a thermostatic chamber 18 which holds a constant temperature fluid 17. Thus, the photometric unit is reduced in size.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the use of Near-Infrared (NIR) spectroscopy to the application of the measurement of constituent concentrations of chemical based products typically having covalent bonding. Such constituent products may be fat, moisture, protein, and the like typically in liquid form or colloid suspensions. More specifically, the invention is directed toward an NIR analyzer with multiple detectors with no moving parts. The invention utilizes thermal control in conjunction with normalization algorithms to allow parallel processing of the measurements between a reference and at least one sample, which may provide more accurate results. In addition, this invention has the ability to use NIR in the third overtone and allows insitu processing, with no waste stream.
Abstract:
An instrument for quantitative analysis includes two shutters (18, 34), one of which (18) prevents light from being introduced into a black box (10) housing a cell holder (26) from the outside through a port in which a cell (14) may be placed in and taken out the black box, and the other of which (38) prevents light from impinging on a photomultiplier tube (34) which is in communication with the black box. The shutters are controlled by means of a control unit so that one of the shutters opens when the other closes. The instrument also includes detectors (66a, 66b) which detect whether or not the cell holder (26) and the cell (14) are disposed at predetermined positions, respectively. The detectors output signals to the control unit. The control unit controls an automatic pipetting device (25) to restrict a sample from being introduced into the cell when both the cell holder and the cell are not disposed at the predetermined position.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for spectrophotometric analysis of material in a moving process stream wherein the material is directed into an observation chamber within a sample cell and exposed to a radiation beam suitable for spectrophotometric purposes. A radiation source and a radiation detector are contained within a first compartment and a second compartment environmentally isolated from the first compartment and within which the sample cell is contained. Reflectors are positioned within the second compartment for receiving the radiation beam from the first compartment, directing the radiation beam through the sample cell and the material to be analyzed contained therein, and directing the radiation beam back into the second compartment and the radiation detector positioned therein. The second compartment maintains the environment therein within a range acceptable for radiation analysis of the material within the sample cell. Mirrors are positioned within the second compartment for diverting the radiation beam from passage through the material and for determining a reference spectrum within the same environment as the sample cell and directing the diverted beam to the radiation detector.
Abstract:
An apparatus for measuring amylose and/or amylopectin content in rice. A near infrared light beam having its wavelength in a range of from about 1900 nm to about 2500 nm is applied to sample rice (5). A detector (26,27,28) receives light reflected from and/or transmitted through the sample rice (5), to generate signals representative of luminous intensity of the received light. A memory device (122) has stored therein content conversion coefficients set for the amylose and/or amylopectin. A calculation device (123) calculates the amylose and/or amylopectin content in the sample rice (5), based on the detecting signals from the detector (26,27,28) and the content conversion coefficients stored in the memory device (122). The calculated content is displayed by a display device (126,127).