Microwave type concentration measuring apparatus

Abstract

The present invention finds the overall concentration of a mixture in the following way. It measures the measurement sensitivity of substance C, of which the constituent composition varies, out of multiple substances A, B and C using sensitivity measuring microwave type concentration meter,. It then inputs this measurement result to calibration curve gradient setter,. It then finds the calibration curve gradient using a computing device which possesses the relationship of the measurement sensitivity of the single substance of which the constituent composition varies to the calibration curve gradient that finds the overall concentration of substances A, B and C. It then sets this calibration curve gradient in mixture concentration measuring microwave type concentration meter,. Then, based on the setting of this gradient, it finds phase difference A&thgr;=(&thgr;2−&thgr;1) from phase lag &thgr;1 of microwaves which are diffused by a reference liquid and phase lag &thgr;2 of microwaves dispersed by the mixture. At the same time, it finds the overall concentration of the mixture using the calibration curve (=a&Dgr;&thgr;+b) corresponding to the mixture.