Patent ID: 8573034
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A method for analyzing dissolved and particulate residues in a liquid, the liquid being in a colloidal suspension, comprising the steps of: a. forming an aerosol containing droplets from the liquid, b. isolating small, uniformly sized droplets from the droplets, the small, uniformly sized droplets being less than 10 um in diameter, c. removing liquid from the small, uniformly sized droplets to form dissolved residue particles and particulate residue particles, d. analyzing dissolved and particulate residue particles by counting and sizing, and e. determining a liquid volumetric inspection rate of the method by inputting a colloidal suspension with known volumetric concentration of particulate residue and measuring the volumetric concentration of particulate residue in the aerosol produced by the method; f. wherein the method measures dissolved residue concentration and particulate residue particle concentration and size distribution in the colloidal suspension, the liquid and particles being in the colloidal suspension.