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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 1996
Filed:
May. 04, 1994
Yasuhiro Miura, Chiba, JP;
Yutaka Shiomi, Ichihara, JP;
Masao Morikawa, Sodegaura, JP;
Akira Morisaki, Sodegaura, JP;
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of measuring particles and an apparatus for the same, which count only particles in liquid by distinguishing between the particles and bubbles in liquid. In order to fulfill the above requirements, in the present invention, liquid to be measured flows through a flow cell at a fixed flow rate, and a laser beam is irradiated thereto. Scattering light is generated when particles and bubbles pass through a laser beam irradiation region, and the scattering light is converted into a pulse signal by a photoelectric converter. In the pulse signals, a pulse signal having a pulse width of 100 .mu.S is regarded as corresponding to light scattered by a bubble, which is omitted from the number of pulse signals. Thus, only a pulse signal corresponding to light scattered by a particle in liquid can be measured.