Hydrogen analysis

Claim 1

A HYDROGEN ANALYZER COMPRISING A SOURCE OF OXYGEN, PASSAGE FORMING MEANS FORMING A GAS PASSAGE CONNECTED TO SAID SOURCE, SAID PASSAGE INCLUDING IN ORDER FROM SAID SOURCE, MEANS FOR REMOVING WATER AND TRACES OF HYDROGEN FROM THE OXYGEN FLOWING FROM SAID SOURCE, MEANS PROVIDING A COMBUSTION CHAMBER, A CRUCIBLE IN SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER HAVING A CHARGE OF COMBUSTIBLE METAL THEREIN, A MEANS FOR REACTING HYDROGEN WITH OXYGEN TO PRODUCE WATER, A WATER MEASURING DEVICE, A WATER ABSORBING DEVICE CONNECTED TO THE OUTLET OF SAID WATER MEASURING DEVICE, AN INDUCTION HEATING COIL DISPOSED OUTSIDE SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND ADAPTED TO PROVIDE AN INDUCTION HEATING FIELD WITHIN SAID CRUCIBLE TO IGNITE THE CRUCIBLE CHARGE TO PROVIDE A POOL OF BURNING METAL, MEANS FOR HEATING SAID GAS PASSAGE FROM SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER TO SAID WATER MEASURING DEVICE TO PREVENT WATER CONDENSATION THEREIN, MEANS FORMING A RECEPTACLE FOR A SAMPLE TO BE ANALYZED, MEANS FORMING A GATE CONNECTING SAID RECEPTACLE TO SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER FOR DUMPING SAID SAMPLE FROM SAID RECEPTACLE INTO SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER IN A POSITION SUCH THAT SAID SAMPLE FALLS INTO SAID CRUCIBLE AND SAID GATE BEING OPERABLE TO DUMP SAID SAMPLE WHILE SAID POOL OF METAL IS BURNING,

Claim 3

THE METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE HYDROGEN CONTENT OF ANALYTICAL SAMPLES OF METALS AND METAL HYDRIDES WHICH COMPRISES, PROVIDING AN INDUCTION HEATED CRUCIBLE WITHIN A CLOSED COMBUSTION CHAMBER, FLOWING OXYGEN FROM WHICH WATER AND HYDROGEN HAVE BEEN REMOVED THROUGH SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER, HEATING A QUANTITY OF IRON IN THE CRUCIBLE TO FORM A POOL OF MELTED AND BURNING IRON, DUMPING A SAMPLE TO BE ANALYZED INTO THE POOL OF BURNING IRON AFTER ALL WATER VAPOR AND HYDROGEN HAVE BEEN SWEPT CLEAR OF THE BURNING IRON, COLLECTING THE WATER RESULTING FROM COMBUSTION OF THE SAMPLE IN THE BURNING IRON POOL, AND CALCULATING THE HYDROGEN CONTENT OF THE SAMPLE ON THE BASIS OF THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE HYDROGEN IN THE WATER COLLECTED REPRESENTS 100% OF THE HYDROGEN ORIGINALLY IN THE SAMPLE.

Claim 4

THE METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE HYDROGEN CONTENT OF ANALYTICAL SAMPLES OF METALS AND METAL HYDRIDES WHICH COMPRISES, PROVIDING AN INDUCTION HEATED CRUCIBLE WITHIN A CLOSED COMBUSTION CHAMBER, FLOWING OXYGEN FROM WHICH WATER AND HYDROGEN HAVE BEEN REMOVED THROUGH SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER, HEATING A QUANTITY OF IRON IN THE CRUCIBLE TO FORM A POOL OF MELTED AND BURNING IRON, DUMPING A SAMPLE TO BE ANALYZED INTO THE POOL OF BURNING IRON AFTER ALL WATER VAPOR AND HYDROGEN HAVE BEEN SWEPT CLEAR OF THE BURNING IRON, COLLECTING THE WATER RESULTING FROM COMBUSTION OF THE SAMPLE IN THE BURNING IRON POOL, AND CALCULATING THE HYDROGEN CONTENT OF THE SAMPLE ON THE BASIS OF THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE HYDROGEN IN THE WATER COLLECTED REPRESENTS 100% OF THE HYDROGEN ORIGINALLY IN THE SAMPLE.