Patent ID: 9651497
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: C04B,G01N,Y02W

Claim:
1. Method of measuring the adsorption capacity of fly ash comprising the steps of: a) obtaining a fly ash sample; b) adding an optically active reagent to the fly ash sample to produce an optically active sample; c) irradiating the optically active sample with light at a given wavelength; d) measuring an optical parameter of the irradiated sample; and e) determining said adsorption capacity based upon the measurement of the optical parameter, wherein the steps a) through e) are automated and provided in real time wherein said optical parameter is intensity of fluorescence emission of said optically active sample and step d) comprises measuring the intensity of fluorescence emission of said optically active sample and correlating said measured intensity of fluorescence emission of said optically active sample with a fluorescence emission intensity of a known amount of said reagent.