Determining total ionic content

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF DETERMINING TOTAL IONIC CONTENT IN AN AQUEOUS SOLTION BY QUANTITATIVE ANALYIS OF A PLURALITY OF IONICALLY DISSCOCIATED COMPOUNDS IN THE AQUEOUS AMPLE SOLUTION UTILIZING ION EXHANGE PROCEDURES, WHICH COMPRISES: ADDING APREDETERMINED AMOUNT OF SAID SAMPLE SOLUTION TO A CATION EXCHANGE RESIN BED MEANS, SAID RESIN BED MEANS BEING CHARGED WITH A CATION EXCHANGE RESIN IN EASILY ELUTABLE CATION FORM CAPABLE OF EXCHANGING WITH THE CATIONS OF THE SAMPLE AND DELIVERING ONLY ONE SPECIES OF CATION ON ELUTION, ELUTING FROM SAID RESIN BED MEANS WITH WATR A CONGREGATED QUANTITY OF SAID EASILY ELUTABLE CATIONS CORRESPONDING EQUIVALENT PER EQUIVALENT TO THE NUMBER OF EUIVALENTS OF ION MATERIAL DISSOLVED IN THE SAID PREDETERMINED AMOUNT OF SAMPLE SOLUTION, PASSING THE EFFLUENT FROM THE CATION EXCHANGE RESIN BED MEANS THROUGH AN ANION EXCHANGE RESIN BED MEANS, SAID LATTER RESIN BED MEANS BEING IN EASILY ELUTABLE ANION FORM CAPABLE OF EXCHANGING WITH THE ANIONS OF THE SAMPLE AND DELIVERING ONLY ONE SPECIES OF ANION ON ELUTION THEREBY EXCHANGING ALL ANIONIC SPECIES IN SAID EFFLUENT FOR SUCH EASILY ELUTABLE IONS, THE TOTAL EXCHANGE CAPACITY OF THE CATION AND ANION EXCHANGE RESINS BEING SUFFICIENT TO AT LEAST FREE, BY ION EXCHANGE, A NUMBER OF EQUIVALENT OF EACH OF THE EASILY ELUTABLE CATIONS AND ANION CORRESPONDING TO THE SAID NUMBER OF EQUIVALENTS OF IONICALLY DISSOCIATED COMPOUNDS IN THE PREDETERMINED AMOUNT OF SAMPLE SOLUTION, AND PASSING THE EFFLUENT FROM THE ANION XCHANGE RESIN BED MEANS THROUGH A CONDUCTIVITY CELL HAVING ASSOCIATED READOUT MEANS AND THEREBY QUANTITATIVELY MEASURING THE CONGREGATED QUANTITY OF EASILY ELUTABLE CATIONS AND ANIONS.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF DETERMINING TOTAL IONIC CONTENT IN AN AQUEOUS SOLTION BY QUANTITATIVE ANALYIS OF A PLURALITY OF IONICALLY DISSCOCIATED COMPOUNDS IN THE AQUEOUS AMPLE SOLUTION UTILIZING ION EXHANGE PROCEDURES, WHICH COMPRISES: ADDING APREDETERMINED AMOUNT OF SAID SAMPLE SOLUTION TO A CATION EXCHANGE RESIN BED MEANS, SAID RESIN BED MEANS BEING CHARGED WITH A CATION EXCHANGE RESIN IN EASILY ELUTABLE CATION FORM CAPABLE OF EXCHANGING WITH THE CATIONS OF THE SAMPLE AND DELIVERING ONLY ONE SPECIES OF CATION ON ELUTION, ELUTING FROM SAID RESIN BED MEANS WITH WATR A CONGREGATED QUANTITY OF SAID EASILY ELUTABLE CATIONS CORRESPONDING EQUIVALENT PER EQUIVALENT TO THE NUMBER OF EUIVALENTS OF ION MATERIAL DISSOLVED IN THE SAID PREDETERMINED AMOUNT OF SAMPLE SOLUTION, PASSING THE EFFLUENT FROM THE CATION EXCHANGE RESIN BED MEANS THROUGH AN ANION EXCHANGE RESIN BED MEANS, SAID LATTER RESIN BED MEANS BEING IN EASILY ELUTABLE ANION FORM CAPABLE OF EXCHANGING WITH THE ANIONS OF THE SAMPLE AND DELIVERING ONLY ONE SPECIES OF ANION ON ELUTION THEREBY EXCHANGING ALL ANIONIC SPECIES IN SAID EFFLUENT FOR SUCH EASILY ELUTABLE IONS, THE TOTAL EXCHANGE CAPACITY OF THE CATION AND ANION EXCHANGE RESINS BEING SUFFICIENT TO AT LEAST FREE, BY ION EXCHANGE, A NUMBER OF EQUIVALENT OF EACH OF THE EASILY ELUTABLE CATIONS AND ANION CORRESPONDING TO THE SAID NUMBER OF EQUIVALENTS OF IONICALLY DISSOCIATED COMPOUNDS IN THE PREDETERMINED AMOUNT OF SAMPLE SOLUTION, AND PASSING THE EFFLUENT FROM THE ANION XCHANGE RESIN BED MEANS THROUGH A CONDUCTIVITY CELL HAVING ASSOCIATED READOUT MEANS AND THEREBY QUANTITATIVELY MEASURING THE CONGREGATED QUANTITY OF EASILY ELUTABLE CATIONS AND ANIONS.