Arsenic sampler

Abstract

Abstract AN APPARATUS AND METHOD TO INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF ARESENCICALS IN WATER WHEREBY A SAMPLE OF WATER IS TAKEN INTO A CLEAR AND FLEXIBLE PLASTIC TUBE, A CAP HAVING A DETECTION PAPER IMPREGNATED WITH A MERCURIC SALT MOUNTED IN THE CAP IS INSERTED ON THE PLASTIC TUBE TO RETAIN THE WATER SAMPLE THEREIN, A SEALED THIN WALL GLASS AMPULE FIXELY RETAINED IN THE PLASTIC TUBE IS BROKEN BY SQUEEZING THE PLASTIC TUBE AT THE AMPULE LOCATION AND WITH THE AMPULE BETWEEN THE FINGERS TO RELEASE TO THE WATER SAMPLE A MIZXTURE OF POTASSIUM BISULFATE AND CUPRIC SULFATE CONTAINED IN THE AMPULE TO REACT WITH THE WATER SAMPLE AND ANY ARSENICAL MATERIAL THEREIN AND A ZINC STRIP WITHIN THE PLASTIC TUBE, AND MAY ARSENICAL MATERIAL PRESENT IN THE WATER BEING DETECTED BY A YELLOW TO BROWN COLOR IMPARTED TO THE DETECTION PAPER UPON REACTION OF THE MERCURIC SALT THEREIN WITH ARSINE PRODUCED UPON RELEASE OF THE AMPULE CONTENTS TO THE WATER SAMPLE.

Inventors

• 👤 H Stroterhoff

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