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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 1985
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1982
Pieter Gilles, Rijswyk, NL;
Jean-Claude Schmitt, Draveil, FR;
Baird Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Abstract
An automatic sampling system and method for introducing a diluted viscous sample into an instrument for analysis for trace elements. The automatic sampling system includes a tube assembly, a member for mounting the tube assembly in proper relation, means for maintaining, between sampling, the free end of the tube assembly in a cleaning solution, and means for inserting the free end of the tube assembly into a sample contained within a container. Preferably, the instrument is a spectrometer, the samples are organic and aqueous samples, such as oils, brines, sludges, plating solutions and the like, and the trace elements include wear metals and also other elements, such as calcium, barium, zinc, sodium, magnesium, boron, phosphor and the like.