Method and apparatus for analyzing volatile chemical components in a liquid
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1. A method of analyzing a first fluid for the presence therein of at least one volatile compound, said method comprising:
- (a) establishing a unidirectional, confined, flowing stream of segments of said first fluid separated by segments of a second fluid into which said compound is partitionable;
(b) maintaining said stream flowing for a distance sufficient to enable partitioning of said compound from the segments of said first fluid into the segments of said second fluid;
(c) separating the segments of said first and second fluids; and
(d) analyzing the separated segments of said second fluid for determining the content therein of said compound.
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Abstract
A sample of a volatile chemical component-containing liquid is segmented in stream flow with a gas with the volatile components partitioning or separating into the two phases, the gas then being separated from the stream and the volatile components therein analyzed for identification and concentration.
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1. A method of analyzing a first fluid for the presence therein of at least one volatile compound, said method comprising:
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(a) establishing a unidirectional, confined, flowing stream of segments of said first fluid separated by segments of a second fluid into which said compound is partitionable; (b) maintaining said stream flowing for a distance sufficient to enable partitioning of said compound from the segments of said first fluid into the segments of said second fluid; (c) separating the segments of said first and second fluids; and (d) analyzing the separated segments of said second fluid for determining the content therein of said compound. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. Apparatus for the analysis of volatile compounds in a first fluid, said apparatus comprising:
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(a) partitioning means for establishing a flowing stream composed of segments of the first fluid spaced by segments of a second fluid which partition the volatile compounds into the second fluid from the first fluid; (b) separating means for separating the segments of the second fluid from said stream; (c) analyzing means for analyzing said separated segments of the second fluid to identify volatile compounds therein, and d) means for delivering said separated segments of the second fluid to said analyzing means. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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