defr Glossar

Glossary

A printed issue of this reference booklet was published in 1996 (in English and German) to celebrate the 50th birthday of the SIGRIST process photometers. To optimize display of the formulas and expressions, you will need the True-Type character set Symbol, which should be installed on your system. If it isn't installed, select this link for download.

A

Absorbance, spectral A(λ)

Absorption

Absorption coefficient, relative spectral κ(λ)

Absorption coefficient, spectral a(λ)

Absorption spectroscopy

Activated carbon filter

Activated carbon, powdered

APHA

ASBC

ASTM

Attenuation coefficient, spectral μ(λ)

Availability

B

Bandwidth

Beer filtration

Brewery

Bypass

C

Calibration (fluorescence)

Calibration (turbidity)

Chlorine dioxide

Colloids

Colorimetry

Colour

Colour compensation

Colour measurement (beer)

Colour measurement (water)

Colour standard

Conductivity, electrical

D

Differential measurement method

Diffraction

DOC

Drinking water treatment

Dual-angle method

Dual-beam method

Dust measurement

E

EBC

EBC (colour)

EBC (turbidity)

Emission

Ex protection

Extinction coefficient ελ

Extinction Eλ

Extinction modulus mλ

F

FAU

Fire detector

Flocculation

Flow cytometry

FLU

Flue gas monitoring

Fluorescein

Fluorescence

Fluorescence measurement

FNU

Formazine

Free-fall flow cell

FTU

G

H

Hazen

I

ICUMSA

IMO

Infrared

Inherent brightening effect

In-line

Isokinetic sample

J

K

Kieselguhr

L

Lambert-Beer Law

Light

Light intensity

Linearization

Luminescence

M

Measuring method

Measuring range

Measuring scope

Mie theory

Mineral water

Molecular scatter

Monochromaticity

Multi-parameter systems

Multiple sampling

Multiple scatter

N

Nitrate measurement

NTU

O

Oil extraction

Oil mist

Oil trace measurement

On-line

Ozone measurement

P

Particle colour

Particle size

Phase switch

Photodetector

Photometer

Photometry

pH-value

PLA

Polychromaticity

Power plants, thermal

Primary standard

Q

Quality assurance

Quinine sulphate

R

Radiant power Φ

Railroad tunnels

Rayleigh scatter

Refractive index

Repeatability

Reproducibility

Resolution

Road tunnels

S

SAK

Sand filtration

Saybolt

Scatter angle

Scatter coefficient, spectral s(λ)

Scattered light

Scrubber

Secondary standard

Single-beam method

Smoke detection

Smoke spot number

Solid reference

Solids concentration

Spectral photometry

Spectrum

Spirits

Spring water

Standard ISO 7027

Standard suspension

Stray light

Sugar industry

T

TE/F

Transmission

Transmittance, internal spectral τi(λ)

Transmittance, spectral τ(λ)

Transmitted light method

Transparency

Turbidity

Turbidity coefficient

Turbidity compensation

Turbidity value

Tyndall effect

U

Ultraviolet

V

Visibility

Visibility determination

Visual opacity

W

Waste water treatment

Waste water treatment plant

Wavelength (scatter)

Window contamination

Wine production

Wort lautering

X

Y

Yeast dosing

Z

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