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SYMPOSIUM ONCONTINUOUS ANALYSIS OFINDUSTRIAL WATER ANDINDUSTRIAL WASTE WATER v,Presented at theFIFTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MEETTNGV(FIFTIETH ANNIVERSRY MEETING)AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING MATERIALSNew Yprk,N:Y;June 24,195!ASTM Special Technical.Publication No.130FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY PUBLICATIONPublished by theAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING MATERIALS1916 Race St.,Philadelphia 3,Pa.Reg.U.s.Pat.Off.Copyright by ASTM Intl(all rights reserved);Sat Aug 14 12:58:21 EDT 2010Downloaded/printed byWest Virginia University Libraries pursuant to License Agreement.No further reproductions authorized.Copyright,1953by theAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING MATERIALSPrinted in Baltimore,Md.June,1953Copyright by ASTM Intl(all rights reserved);Sat Aug 14 12:58:21 EDT 2010Downloaded/printed byWest Virginia University Libraries pursuant to License Agreement.No further reproductions authorized.FOREWORDThe papers and discussions in this Symposium on Continuous Analysisof Industrial Water and Industrial Waste Water were presented at theSeventh and Eleventh Sessions of the Fifty-fifth Annual Meeting of theAmerican Society for Testing Materials held in New York,N.Y.,June 24,1952.The Symposium was sponsored by Committee D-19 on Industrial Water.Mr.B.W.Dickerson,Hercules Experiment Station,acted as SymposiumChairman and presided over the morning session,while Mr.R.C.Adams,U.S.Naval Eng.Experiment Station,presided over the afternoon session.Copyright by ASTM Intl(all rights reserved);Sat Aug 14 12:58:21 EDT 2010Downloaded/printed byWest Virginia University Libraries pursuant to License Agreement.No further reproductions authorized.NOTE.The Society is not responsible,as a body,for the statementsand opinions advanced in this publication.Copyright by ASTM Intl(all rights reserved);Sat Aug 14 12:58:21 EDT 2010Downloaded/printed byWest Virginia University Libraries pursuant to License Agreement.No further reproductions authorized.CONTENTSPAGEIntroductionB.W.Dickerson 1Automatic Sampling of Industrial Water and Industrial Waste WaterM.F.Madarasz 3Discussion 9Some Practical Aspects of the Measurement of pH,Electrical Conductivity,and Oxi-dation-Reduction Potential of Industrial WaterRobert Rosenthal 12Discussion 20Continuous Recording of Chlorine Residuals and Determination of Chlorine De-mandA.E.Griffin 23Discussion 31Measurement of Color,Turbidity,Hardness,and Silica in Industrial WatersF.C.Staats 33Discussion 40Continuous Measurement of Dissolved Gases in WaterJ.K.Rummel 42Discussion 54Copyright by ASTM Intl(all rights reserved);Sat Aug 14 12:58:21 EDT 2010Downloaded/printed byWest Virginia University Libraries pursuant to License Agreement.No further reproductions authorized.This page intentionally left blank Copyright by ASTM Intl(all rights reserved);Sat Aug 14 12:58:21 EDT 2010Downloaded/printed byWest Virginia University Libraries pursuant to License Agreement.No further reproductions authorized.SYMPOSIUM ON THE CONTINUOUS ANALYSIS OF INDUSTRIAL WATERAND INDUSTRIAL WASTE WATERBY B.W.DlCKERSON1The proper operation of water purifi-cation works,whether for potable,plantservice,or boiler feed requires control.This control is based on analytical de-termination,all chemical,made on boththe influent and effluent of the plant.The making of these entails laboratorypersonnel.In the treatment of industrial wastewaters control is also necessary,entail-ing chemical and bacteriological analysisalso made in the laboratory.In the past,standards of purity werelow and the tests simple.Analytical pro-cedures had not been developed thatwere extremely accurate and,as a con-sequence,water standards had to be low.Measurement could not be any better.Processes were also relatively simple,boiler pressures were low,and wastetreatment for industrial effluents had notentered the picture.Manpower require-ments were low both in quality andquantity.As product quality improved,so didthe raw material specifications.Wateras one of the large raw materials wasforced to keep step.Process operationsbecame highly complex reactions de-manding high standards of the individualmaterials.Boiler pressures advanced andsteam turbine development brought newproblems into the picture.Precise ana-lytical determinations were necessary if1 Hercules Experimental Station,Hercules Powder Co.,Wilmington,Del.;chairman of Symposium Committee.the equipment was to function properly,and the frequency of sampling andanalysis became great.New laboratory techniques and equip-ment were developed to meet the mount-ing needs of the control man.Wheregrains per gallon had been the standard,parts per million became the term,anddecimals of a part per million are com-mon.In many cases,the result is ex-pressed in parts per billion.With all of this it is the technicianthat does the work,and the more com-plex the procedures the greater the man-power load and the higher the cost ofcontrol.It is on this view that continuousanalysis enters the picture,providing achart record of continual checks and re-lieving the manpower situati