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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2005
Hitomi Hirano, Chiba, JP;
Shinichi Okada, Chiba, JP;
Naohide Tsuzuki, Nagareyama, JP;
Yoshio Yasuda, Funabashi, JP;
Hitomi Hirano, Chiba, JP;
Shinichi Okada, Chiba, JP;
Naohide Tsuzuki, Nagareyama, JP;
Yoshio Yasuda, Funabashi, JP;
Sekiyushigen Kaihstsu Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A process for measuring the mercury concentration within a hydrocarbon is provided that enables the mercury concentration to be measured simply and quickly, and with good reliability and good reproducibility. A process for measuring the mercury concentration within a hydrocarbon includes the steps of placing and weighing the hydrocarbon in a sample boatcontaining an adsorbent that contains a metal capable of forming an amalgam with mercury, and heating the hydrocarbon inside the sample boatin a combustion furnace, together with the adsorbent, and measuring the quantity of mercury within the thus generated gas.