Typical Applications

 

Typical applications where our process refractometers are used with success:

Chemical industry Chemical Industry
  • Concentration determination in distillation or rectification processes, or for solvent recovery
  • Acids (sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, acetic acid, etc.)
  • Dissolved metal salts (chlorides, phosphates, sulfates, etc.)
  • organic solvents
    • alcohols, glycols
    • amines like MEA, DEA, EDA
    • pyrrolidones, e.g. N-methyl-pyrrolidon (NMP)
  • Fungicides and fertilizers, e.g. urea ammonium nitrate (UAN)
  • Monitoring of the degree of polymerization during plastic and synthetic resin production processes
  • Concentration measurement of a blend of colloidal silicic acid and water