How do you directly measure carbon output from a combustible source?
Twid,
Twidsister needs a science project, Twid has a lump of turf from Ireland
Quote from: Nephew Twiddleton on November 29, 2012, 02:20:21 AM
How do you directly measure carbon output from a combustible source?
Light him on fire. Hold cloth over fire. Then feed a scrap of the cloth through a Horiba or other light-scattering instrument, and get the particle size and average density. Then divide density by size.
Tell the police that he was on fire when you got there.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 29, 2012, 03:10:16 AM
Quote from: Nephew Twiddleton on November 29, 2012, 02:20:21 AM
How do you directly measure carbon output from a combustible source?
Light him on fire. Hold cloth over fire. Then feed a scrap of the cloth through a Horiba or other light-scattering instrument, and get the particle size and average density. Then divide density by size.
Tell the police that he was on fire when you got there.
:lulz:
I'm going to send that to Twidsister.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 29, 2012, 03:10:16 AM
Quote from: Nephew Twiddleton on November 29, 2012, 02:20:21 AM
How do you directly measure carbon output from a combustible source?
Light him on fire. Hold cloth over fire. Then feed a scrap of the cloth through a Horiba or other light-scattering instrument, and get the particle size and average density. Then divide density by size.
Tell the police that he was on fire when you got there.
:lulz:
Quote from: Nephew Twiddleton on November 29, 2012, 02:20:21 AM
How do you directly measure carbon output from a combustible source?
Twid,
Twidsister needs a science project, Twid has a lump of turf from Ireland
without already having one or blowing hundreds of moneys on a sensor/detector,
-measure mass, burn, measure remaining mass
doesn't differentiate between the non-carbon products, pyrolysis, etc., but you could explain that with other sciencing
In general? Optically.
If you have some kind of some stack you probably need one of those ceramic electrochemical sensors, the chemistry of which is voodoo to me, it probably has something that reacts with the carbon that gives out a weak electrical signal that is proportional to the density.
Twidsister opted to go with a different idea. However i might like to try this myself anyway.