Featured Articles
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Dissolved Oxygen Measurement
11/11/2013
One of the most important measurements in the determination of the health of a body of water is its dissolved oxygen content. The quantity of dissolved oxygen in water is normally expressed in parts per million (ppm) by weight and is due to the solubility of oxygen from the atmosphere around us.
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Bottled Water Industry: Liquid Analytical Solutions
11/10/2013
Americans consume more than 9.1 billion gallons of bottled water annually - an average of twenty nine gallons per person every year.
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Avoiding The Deadly Legacy Of Hydrogen Sulfide
7/25/2018
Workplace fatalities are devastating to families, friends, and employers alike, and they are especially tragic when resulting from a preventable incident. Whether it be a lapse in safety judgement, a lack of proper monitoring equipment and protocol, or the pervasiveness of human error, employers must always be attentive to factors that could lead to severe worker injuries or death.
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Wireless pH Monitoring Of Storm Water Runoff And Final Effluent
3/1/2010
Wireless pH instrumentation is appropriate in several applications in the power industry. The principal benefit of a migration to wireless technology from more traditional copper cable is cost reduction. A wireless network requires none of the cable, conduit, or switching hardware which represent the largest expense in most plant networks. By Emerson
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Incus Ultrasonic Gas Leak Detector With Wide Area Coverage
12/27/2014
Lara Kauchak explains how the Rosemount GDU-Incus Ultrasonic Gas Leak Detector with Wireless helps customers improve their safety system without impacting their safety case.
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Free Chlorine Measurement In Drinking Water Treatment
12/21/2005
Before water can be used as a safe and reliable source for drinking water, it must be properly treated. Since water is a universal solvent, it comes in contact with several different pathogens, some of which are potentially lethal, and inactivation is accomplished through chemical disinfection and mechanical filtration treatment. This treatment consists of coarse filtration to remove large objects and pre-treatment which includes disinfection using chlorine or ozone
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Improved Silo Contents Management Using 3D Solids Scanners
5/7/2015
Measurement of solids is a challenge for a number of reasons. The solids surface is uneven and shifts as the silo is filled or emptied.
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Protection Methods For Gas Detectors Used In Hazardous Environments
12/28/2014
Almost every industrial setting poses some potential safety risk to personnel working in such environments whether it is something that can be seen such as rotating machinery or unseen, such as possible lethal concentrations of flammable/combustible gas.
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Application Note: Turbidity Monitoring In Drinking Water Treatment Plants
8/30/2005
Turbidity, or the relative clarity of a liquid (in this case drinking water), is caused by the presence of microscopic particles such as clay, silt, or other fine undissolved matter
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SMART pH Sensors And Instruments For Plug And Play Use
2/27/2013
Linda Meyers explains how SMART pH sensors and instruments help customers solve challenges like calibrating sensors in remote locations where buffer solutions, beakers, and a rinse bottle must all be carried on site, making it cumbersome and time consuming.