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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Zenon Airport Environmental Inc., Burlington, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
436131 ; 436132 ; 436139 ; 436166 ; 436 61 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method of determining the presence of glycol in an aqueous solution comprising providing a container containing a mixture of potassium dichromate, a catalyst comprised of mercuric sulfate and silver sulfate, the mixture provided in an acidic solution. To the container is added a controlled volume of aqueous solution containing glycol. The mixture is permitted a time sufficient to change color, the time not being in excess of 15 minutes. The color is compared to a set of color standards to determine the presence of glycol in said aqueous solution.