Abstract:
An analysis system includes a plural chamber cuvette assembly that holds chemical materials and is adapted to receive an unknown to be analyzed in one of the chambers, a record that specifies information as to the nature of the stored chemical material and the type of analysis to be performed, and photometric instrumentation for performing a chemical analysis that responds to the material in the sample chamber in the cuvette assembly and the record. The instrument is automatically calibrated in response to information specified by the record and an analysis is performed automatically merely in response to the operation of a single control.
Abstract:
An atomic absorption spectroanalysis system includes a burner for generating a flame, two radiation sources, and two pairs of radiation sensors. An optical system passes radiation from each source along a first path through the flame for sensing by a corresponding sensor to produce an I signal, and along a second path outside the flame for sensing by a corresponding second sensor to produce an Io signal. The radiation output of each source is modulated and the output signals from each sensor are demodulated and then logarithmically combined to provide two log I/Io signals. Compensation circuitry connected to the logarithmic circuit arrangement provides compensation for radiation absorption deviations of the radiation passing through the flame as a function of Beer''s Law. The system also includes circuitry for providing a zeroing adjustment of each log I/Io signal while a known standard or blank is being introduced into the flame.