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| 2G040 | Investigating or analyzing materials using thermal means | |
| G01N25/00 -25/72@Z | ||
| G01N25/00-25/72@Z | AA | AA00 PURPOSE OF MEASUREMENT (AB TAKES PRECEDENCE) |
AA01 | AA02 | AA03 | AA04 | AA05 | AA06 | AA07 | AA08 | AA09 | |
| . Simulation of heat conduction and heat distribution | . Analyzing components, detecting impurities and determining composition | . . Quantitative analysis and mixture ratios | . . . Measuring humidity | . Detecting and predicting defects | . . Detecting scratches, breaks and pinholes | . . Detecting separations and gaps | . . Detecting adhered substances and stains | . Measuring ability to retain heat or heat insulating ability | ||||
| AB | AB00 THERMAL CONSTANTS DETECTED AND USED AND PHENOMENA THEREOF |
AB01 | AB02 | AB03 | AB04 | AB05 | AB06 | AB07 | AB08 | AB09 | AB10 | |
| . Unique thermophysical points | . . Freezing point | . . Dew point | . Flash point and explosibility | . Specific heat or thermal capacity | . Thermodynamic characteristic functions (e.g., entropy) | . Thermal expansion, thermal contraction and thermal deformation | . Transfer of heat (e.g., heat conduction) | . . Thermal conductivity | . . Direction of heat flow, thermal spectra | |||
| AB11 | AB12 | AB13 | AB14 | AB15 | AB16 | AB17 | AB18 | AB19 | AB20 | |||
| . Thermal separation (e.g., distillation, extraction, deposition) | . Heat generation and absorption (AB19 takes precedence) | . . Heat of vaporization (e.g., psychrometers) | . . Heat from reaction of two or more components | . . . Heat of combustion and heat of oxidation | . . . . Variants using catalytic oxidation or catalysts | . . . Dilution, dissolving, absorption and the like | . Thermoelectromotive force | . Thermal stress distribution and abnormal overheating | . Establishing indicators, index numbers or indexes | |||
| BA | BA00 PRIMARY SAMPLES |
BA01 | BA02 | BA03 | BA04 | BA05 | BA06 | BA08 | BA09 | BA10 | ||
| . Primary sample substances | . . Compounds and mixtures (BA03 and subsequent terms take precedence) | . . Soil | . . Fuels in general | . . . Coal or minerals | . . . Petroleum or gasoline | . . Metals, intermetallic compounds or alloys | . . . Sodium or sodium compounds | . . . Rolled materials, slabs or steel | ||||
| BA12 | BA13 | BA14 | BA15 | BA16 | BA17 | BA18 | ||||||
| . . Air | . . Vapor in vapor ducts | . . Man-made structures or equipment (BA10 takes precedence) | . . . Ducts (including contaminants and adhered substances in ducts) | . . . Buildings (e.g., walls of buildings or large tanks) | . . . Thermos bottles or vacuum bottles | . . . Electric or electronic circuits | ||||||
| BA21 | BA22 | BA23 | BA24 | BA25 | BA26 | BA27 | BA28 | BA29 | ||||
| . Shape and state of primary samples | . . In a state having fluidity (BA29 takes precedence) | . . . Gases | . . . Liquids | . . Solids | . . . Materials having a multi-layer structure | . . . Plate shaped | . . . Tubular | . . . Powdered or granular | ||||
| BB | BB00 COMPONENTS, REAGENTS OR CATALYSTS DETECTED |
BB01 | BB02 | BB03 | BB04 | BB07 | BB09 | BB10 | ||||
| . Components detected in general and impurities in general | . . Carbon | . . Silicon | . . H2O, water | . Type of reagent | . Type of catalyst | . . Platinum catalysts | ||||||
| CA | CA00 ACTUAL MEASURED QUANTITIES AND MEASURING MEANS (SAMPLES PER SE) |
CA01 | CA02 | CA03 | CA05 | CA07 | CA08 | CA09 | CA10 | |||
| . Sample temperature (temperature measuring means is assigned to DA) | . . Change over time (CA03 takes precedence) | . . Measuring temperature when changes in shape or state, or separation are observed | . Observing changes in state at specific temperatures | . Measured quantities for the purpose of correction | . . Sample weight | . . Sample volume | . . Sample pressure and flow rate | |||||
| CA11 | CA12 | CA13 | CA14 | CA15 | CA16 | CA17 | CA18 | |||||
| . Changes in shape or state or separation | . . Changes in optical properties | . . Changes in electrical properties | . . Changes in flow rate | . . Changes in pressure | . . Changes in weight | . . Changes in form | . . . Changes in length and size | |||||
| CA21 | CA22 | CA23 | CA24 | CA25 | CA29 | |||||||
| . Means that detects CA11-CA20 | . . Electrical and magnetic means | . . Optical means | . . Visual means | . . Mechanical means (e.g., ripping, breaking or detaching of lids) | . Calories applied to samples (CB09 takes precedence) | |||||||
| CB | CB00 ACTUAL MEASURED QUANTITIES (PERTAINING TO SAMPLE ENVIRONMENT) |
CB01 | CB02 | CB03 | CB04 | CB05 | CB07 | CB08 | CB09 | |||
| . Environment | . . Surrounded by liquids or in substances that move | . . Surrounded by liquids or in fixed containers | . . Variants that are in direct contact with and react with samples | . . Atmosphere outside apparatuses (e.g., air) (the samples are assigned to CA) | . Measured quantities (CA takes precedence) | . . Pressure or flow rate (CA takes precedence) | . . Temperature or heat (CA01 takes precedence) | |||||
| CB11 | CB12 | CB14 | CB16 | |||||||||
| . Purpose of measuring sample environment quantities | . . For indirect measurement of sample temperature or heat | . . For controlling heating and cooling | . . For correction (CB14 takes precedence) | |||||||||
| DA | DA00 MEANS OF MEASURING TEMPERATURE |
DA01 | DA02 | DA03 | DA04 | DA05 | DA06 | DA07 | DA08 | DA09 | DA10 | |
| . Type | . . Electric thermometers (DA08 takes precedence) | . . . Thermocouples | . . Mercury and alcohol thermometers (DA07 takes precedence) | . . Radioactive thermometers or variants that read as points | . . Infrared cameras or variants that read as images | . . Psychrometers | . . . Electric psychrometers | . . Bimetals | . . Other specific temperature indicating materials | |||
| DA11 | DA12 | DA13 | DA14 | DA15 | DA16 | |||||||
| . Arrangement | . . On the same face that is heated or cooled | . . On the reverse of the face that is heated or cooled | . . On the inside of the face that is heated or cooled | . . Arrangements for measuring multiple points or for measuring distribution | . . Arrangements for controlling heating or cooling | |||||||
| DA21 | DA22 | DA24 | DA25 | |||||||||
| . Variants characterized by structure, shape or quality of materials | . . Variants having the dual purpose of measuring temperature and of measuring other properties | . Moving and scanning means and methods | . . Variants that use self-propelled vehicles | |||||||||
| EA | EA00 MEANS FOR HEATING, COOLING MAINTAINING A CONSTANT TEMPERATURE OR FOR IGNITION |
EA01 | EA02 | EA03 | EA04 | EA05 | EA06 | EA07 | EA08 | |||
| . Type | . . Resistive wire, nichrome wire or electric furnaces | . . Burners | . . Induction heating or microwave heating | . . Arc discharge or plasma discharge | . . Infrared lamps or lasers | . . Peltier elements | . . High temperature mediums or low temperature mediums | |||||
| EA11 | EA13 | EA14 | EA15 | |||||||||
| . Variants characterized by arrangement | . Variants characterized by structure, shape and quality of materials | . . Serving for a specimen container | . . Dry or wet sphere cooling and water supply means | |||||||||
| EB | EB00 APPLICATIONS FOR MEANS OF HEATING, COOLING, MAINTAINING CONSTANT TEMPERATURES AND IGNITING |
EB01 | EB02 | EB03 | EB04 | EB05 | EB06 | EB07 | EB08 | |||
| . Pre-heating and cooling of furnaces and equipment | . Heating and cooling of samples and reagents | . . Pre-heatingand cooling of samples and reagents | . Heating and cooling of condensing sections and condensing substrates | . For compensation of differential scanning calorimeters | . For heat insulating or for maintaining constant temperatures | . For intermittent combustion | . For lighting or for igniting | |||||
| EC | EC00 METHODS OF CONTROLLING HEATING, COOLING, HEAT RETENTION AND IGNITION |
EC01 | EC02 | EC03 | EC04 | EC06 | EC07 | EC08 | EC09 | EC10 | ||
| . How heating and cooling are applied and methods of control thereof | . . Pulsed application | . . Application in steps | . . Alternating current and periodic application thereof | . Targeted changes in temperature and methods of control thereof | . . Equivalent heat | . . Heating or cooling at an even rate | . . Programmed heating or cooling | . Controlling multiple apparatuses | ||||
| FA | FA00 ACCESSORIES OTHER THAN IN CA, CB, DA, EA |
FA01 | FA02 | FA03 | FA04 | FA05 | FA06 | FA07 | FA08 | FA09 | FA10 | |
| . Sample plate or sample container structure | . . Structure of containers that are also used for sample collection | . Tools for inserting or removing samples and containers (FA02 takes precedence) | . Structure of sections that support or hold the sample plates and sample containers | . Heat insulating means that do not heat or cool | . Means for achieving uniform heating (e.g., equalizing plates) | . . Propellers, fans and stirring rods | . Structure and shape of orifices and other condensing sections | . Variants characterized by materials | . Variants characterized by arrangement | |||
| GA | GA00 CONDITIONS AND HANDLING DURING MEASUREMENT |
GA01 | GA03 | GA04 | GA05 | GA06 | GA07 | GA08 | GA09 | |||
| . Variants in which the samples do not undergo forced heating or forced cooling | . Establishing conditions for sample environments | . . Supplying of specific gases (GA05 takes precedence) | . Variants in which samples are continuously fed to the detecting section | . . Blowing air to the wet-and-dry-bulb sections | . Variants in which the samples move (GA05 takes precedence) | . Static loading or static tension loading | . Simultaneous measurement of multiple samples | |||||
| GB | GB00 CONDITIONS AND MEANS FOR STARTING OR COMPLETING MEASUREMENT OR PROMOTING REACTIONS |
GB01 | GB02 | GB03 | GB04 | GB05 | GB06 | GB08 | GB09 | |||
| . Establishing conditions for the start of measurement | . Means and methods of starting or promoting reactions | . . Inserting samples into measuring sections | . . Excitation or microwave excitation | . . Breaking of sample cells | . . Other specific means and methods (EB08 takes precedence) | . Establishing conditions for the completion of measurement | . Means for completing measurement and reactions | |||||
| GC | GC00 HANDLING BEFORE AND AFTER MEASUREMENT |
GC01 | GC02 | GC03 | GC04 | GC06 | GC07 | |||||
| . Preparing samples | . . Mixing reaction promoters and impurities | . . Mixing of deoxidants | . . Removing impurities from samples (GC03 takes precedence) | . Removing or washing impurities or adhered substances from apparatuses or detecting sections | . . Degassing inside apparatuses | |||||||
| HA | HA00 SIGNAL PROCESSING AND DATA HANDLING IN GENERAL |
HA01 | HA02 | HA03 | HA05 | HA06 | HA07 | HA08 | HA09 | HA10 | ||
| . Display and alarm notification (ZA05 takes precedence) | . . Variants that pertain to image display | . . Alarm notification and display, e.g., warning | . Comparison with reference data | . . Reference data in the same environment (HA07 takes precedence) | . . Same samples or same materials before and after reactions | . . Memory data | . . . Analog memory data | . . Variants in which the reference data are fixed (e.g., thresholds) | ||||
| HA11 | HA12 | HA13 | HA14 | HA15 | HA16 | HA18 | ||||||
| . Determining points of distinction | . Calculating peak area | . Calculating regular values from irregular values | . Calculating length and size of scratches | . Specific analog arithmetic circuits | . Specific digital arithmetic circuits | . Signal processing for the purpose of correction | ||||||
| ZA | ZA00 OTHER CONSTRUCTIONS |
ZA01 | ZA02 | ZA03 | ZA05 | ZA06 | ZA07 | ZA08 | ZA09 | |||
| . Coupling with other analyzing means | . . Thermogravimetric analysis | . . Gas chromatography | . Data calculating tools and display tools | . . Humidity calculating tools, display tools | . Apparatus calibration and testing | . Applications to process control and the like | . . Applications to air conditioning equipment |