Patent ID: 6942381
Filing Date: 2005-09-13
Classification: C25C,G01K

Abstract:
1. A molten bath testing probe comprising: a one-piece steel body having a pair of integrally formed open, empty receptacles in said body, neither of which contains a reference material or test sample, before submersing into a molten aluminum smelting bath material, for holding solely a sample of the molten material in each receptacle; a temperature sensor received in each said receptacle; and an analyzer in communication with said temperature sensors for determining a difference between the temperature of the samples of molten material in each of the receptacles when the receptacles are submersed and the temperature at which the samples of the molten material begins to solidify after the body is removed from the bath, where the probe is reusable, said one-piece steel body allowing reheat of any sample held in the receptacles to allow sample removal from the receptacles.