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writtenby:Rickyeditedby:LamarStonecypherupdated:4/16/2009
Oxygenisvitalforlifeandthepresenceofampleoxygenisanindicatorthataspaceortankissafetogetinto.At
thesametimethisveryoxygenneedstobeminimisedinothersituations.Whateverbetherequirement,an
oxygenanalyzerisamustonboardships.Learnaboutitsworkingprinciple

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Introduction
Therearevarioustypesofmeasuringinstruments
usedonboardshipsformeasuringdifferent
parameterssuchassalinity,ionicpurity,pH,speed
ordepth.Anoxygenanalyzerisanothersuch
importantequipment.Manytimesitisnecessaryto
measuretheoxygencontentespeciallyduring
situationsofenclosedspaceentriesandtankentry.
Itisadvisableaswellasmandatorytofollowsuch
proceduresforthesakeofsafetyofthehuman
beingswhichenterthesespaces.Oxygencontent
alsoneedstobenotedduringinertgasoperations
ontankersaswell.Inthisarticlewewilllearnabout
thebasicoperatingprincipleofahandheldoxygen
analyzer.

OxygenAnalyzer
Theseanalyzerscomeinvariousmakesandmodelsandwewillbestudyingaboutonesuchanalyzernamely
thecontinuousreadingtypeanalyzer.Theunderlyingtheorybehindtheworkingofthistypeofoxygenmeteris
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asfollows.
Themainpropertyofoxygenwhichhelpsinits
detectionandmeasurementofitspercentageinthe
givensampleofairisthatofParamagnetism.
Basicallythismeansthatoxygengetsattracted
towardsamagneticfield.Thesetupformeasuring
oxygencontentusingthispropertycanbe
understoodfromtheimageshownbelow.

Asyoucanseeinthesketchtherearetwoplatinumresistancewireswhichareexposedtotwodifferent
chambers.Inthefirstchamberthereistheairinwhichtheoxygencontentneedstobemonitoredplusthereisan
artificiallycreatedmagneticfield,whilethesecondchamberthereisthesameairbutthereisnomagneticfield
presentinthischamber.ThewiresformapartoftheWheatstonebridgecircuitandifyourememberfromyour
studyofphysics,theWheatstonebridgeisusedtomeasureanunknownresistancebyobtainingabalance
betweentwolegsofthecircuit.
Theairwhosecontenthastobenotedissupplied

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atoneendandisfilteredbypassingitthrougha
diffuserandgoesontothetwochambersasshown
inthepicture.Hencewhileonechamberofthe
meterattractsoxygenthereferencechamber
attractsonlyair.Thiscausesadifferenceinthe
temperatureofthetwowiresetsbecauseofthe
differenceinthermalconductivityofoxygenwith
respecttoair.Thiscausesimbalanceinthe

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resistanceofthebridgelegsandthedegreeofthis
imbalanceisinproportiontotheoxygencontentin
thesampletobemeasured.
Lastbutnotleastthereisameterwhichiscalibrate
toshowthisdifferenceinresistanceasa
percentageoftheoxygeninthegivensample,thus
allowingtheshipstafftonotetheoxygencontentinthegivenspace.

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