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How does a dumbbell paramagnetic oxygen analyser work?

  • A.Oxygen changes the resistance of a heated platinum wire
  • B.Oxygen is burnt and the temperature rise is measured
  • C.A magnetic field deflects a stream of ionised oxygen atoms
  • D.A suspended dumbbell is displaced by oxygen in a magnetic field

Answer: D

Two nitrogen filled glass spheres on a torsion suspension sit in a non-uniform magnetic field, and oxygen drawn into the strong field region pushes the dumbbell aside by an amount proportional to its concentration. A feedback coil usually restores it and the restoring current is the output. Hot wire methods belong to the katharometer and the pellistar, combustion belongs to a different class of analyser, and no ionisation is involved. The measurement is direct, highly linear and does not consume the oxygen.

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