Method for measuring effective temperature inside a sealed container
AssigneePerkinElmer LAS, Inc.
InventorAndrew Tipler
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Abstract
A method of measuring the effective temperature inside a sealed container having a headspace is provided. A liquid solvent is added to the container, and a solid compound is added to the liquid solvent to create a saturated solution. Vapor of the saturated solution is allowed to equilibrate in the headspace of the sealed container, and a volume thereof is transferred to a chromatographic column, where chromatographic readings of the equilibrated vapor are taken. A temperature within the sealed container is then calculated based upon the chromatographic readings of the equilibrated vapor, wherein the temperature calculation is based upon the concentrations of the liquid solvent and the solid compound in the equilibrated vapor.
Claims10
A method for determining temperature within a sealed container comprising the steps of:
- mixing a solvent with a compound to create a saturated solution within the sealed container;
- allowing vapor of the saturated solution to equilibrate within the sealed container;
- taking chromatographic readings of the equilibrated vapor;
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- calculating a temperature based upon the chromatographic readings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.