The determination of moisture in organic substances

✍ Scribed by Campbell, F. R.

• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1913
• Weight: 492 KB
• Volume: 32
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0368-4075
• DOI: 10.1002/jctb.5000320204

✦ Synopsis

tciir~rcriitrire iti 1 . 1 1 ~ ~vliolu of tlie interio~~cif 1111 oven is o~ily to be obtniiicd wliuii tliu licntctl tills litrvc tin tireti rcry lnrgc rcliitivu to t,hc ci~biciil ccintcnts of tho interior tint1 nrc tliarnsclrcs t i t n i~niforiii tcni~urtitiirc. A ~irc-licntc~l siqiply IJf iiir is t o I J ~ tlcsirccl. alcrc lieciting without t i pro1wr tiir ciirrciit is i~~irclinlilc.

:1. \'liencvcr it in siispcctcd t h t t i COOl is s ~i ~r i n l l y linlilc to ositlntion or the ? , lioirr niid 1 1111ur resii1t.u tlilicr iiinteriiilly drying nt 10to-I I 1" in ii cirrrcnt of nitropn or ctirlioii tliositlc is to be preferred t o drying i n tin ovcii through wliicli t i ciirreiit of tiir is piissing. Ifitlicr t l ~c direct or indirect iiictliotl o f cstiiiinting water niny I)c 11sc11. l f t h former is chosen, cirri! illitst. be tnken to Iirovc the dryness of tlic streitin of gtis wliicli 1s ~i:issctl over the cod. Tlic pcrcccittigo of free oxygen in this gns niiist bc ii~pprecinlilc. This nic!tlintl Of drying in n ci~rrrrit of inert gris is to bo 1irefcrrc.d for nll very cxnct work. 8 4 .

Drying to coiistniit or ~niiriniiiin weight iii n rnciiIiiii in t Iic ~ircmncc of siilpliiiric ncitl (or other rlesiccniit) ~iosyc'sscs no iitlrtintiigc ovcr tlic lad, nicntioncd riicth~tl.