NOW
CAN MEASURE THE PERCENTAGE OF HYDROGEN IN LIQUID HYDROCARBONS
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utilizes radioisotopes
FOR PRODUCT ANALYSIS
Now . . . for the first time . . . a practical, dependable, and accurate instrument is available for quick determination of the hydrogen content of liquid hydrocarbons. The new Cenco Beta R a y H / C Meter provides an easy and fast means of obtaining this information. With this revolutionary apparatus, hydrogen determinations can be made by a laboratory technician in five minutes with an accuracy of 0.02 weight percent hydrogen. The customary organic combustion train method requires 4 hours per determination, and a skilled laboratory technician and produces results having an accuracy of 0.05 weight percent hydrogen. T h e measurement of hydrogen in a hydrocarbon is of extreme importance in petroleum processing today. I n many refining operations the hydrogen-carbon ratio is altered. T h e percentage of hydrogen is an index to the performance of end products, as fuel oils, jet fuels, gasolines, etc. With a Cenco Beta Ray H / C Meter, accurate measurement is made wherever needed . . . in product analysis . . . or in the research laboratory. Guesswork is eliminated. Delays are avoided.
• Based on beta ray absorption.
FOR INDUSTRIAL LABORATORY USE •
FOR RESEARCH
This new instrument makes use of the absorption of beta rays obtained from the radioactive decay of strontium 90. Hydrogen contains approximately twice as many electrons per unit weight as other elements, and absorbs beta rays more efficiently on a weight basis. This basic principle makes possible the rapid and precise determination of hydrogen.
