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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1986
Charles L Cronan, Shorewood, WI (US);
Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for continuous monitoring of the relative dynamic surface activity of a liquid in which the surface activity can be rapidly changing is disclosed. The liquid is flowed through an orifice at a constant volume flow rate to produce liquid drops. The time intervals between successive drops from the orifice are measured. Variations in the time intervals of pairs of two successive drops provide an indication of the volume of the second drop of each pair and thus provide an indication of the relative dynamic surface activity of the second drop. The measured time intervals are converted into electrical signals which are representative of the respective measured time intervals. The method and apparatus can be applied to liquid chromatography separations to continuously and quickly provide information about surface active components of the liquid and is especially applicable when only a small volume of the sample liquid is available. The method and apparatus can also be applied to industrial process monitoring and to use as a general laboratory instrument or method.