Glossary Terms
- Adapters
- Systech Illinois offer adapters with... more information
- Aspirators
- Also called an eductor-jet pump or filter pump, it is a device ... more information
- Aluminium Oxide Sensor
- The aluminium oxide sensor is, by function, a capacitor... more information
- Ambient Oxygen Ingress Rate
- The Ambient Oxygen Ingress Rate (AOIR) method, can measure... more information
- ATEX
- The ATEX directive consists of two EU directives describing ... more information
- Barg
- A unit of gauge pressure, i.e. pressure in bars... more information
- BASEEFA
- British Approvals Service for Electrical Equipment in Flammable Atmos... more information
- BGA Components
- A ball grid array (BGA) is a type of surface-mount... more information
- Calibration gas
- Calibration gas is used in testing for gas analyzers... more information
- CENELEC
- The European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization.... more information
- Controlled Atmosphere Packaging (CAP)
- A product packaged in a low-oxygen... more information
- Coulometric sensor
- This non-depleting sensor does not require periodic replacement.... more information
- CSA
- The Canadian Standards Association is a global... more information
- CUL
- Refer to CSA and UL in this glossary. CUL is a... more information
- Dumbbell Transducer
- The magnetodynamic or `dumbbell' type of design is a non-deleting met... more information
- EEX
- Intrinsically Safe apparatus which can be installed in hazardous area... more information
- Electrochemical Sensor
- Also known as Electrochemical Fuel Cell. All electrochemical ... more information
- Electron beam curing
- Electron Beams are frequently used to initiate polymerization reactio... more information
- Faraday's Law of Electrolysis
- Faraday’s First Law, the quantity of a substance produced by electrol... more information
- Halogens
- Owing to their high reactivity, the halogens are found in the environ... more information
- Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP)
- A systematic preventive approach to food safety and pharmaceutical sa... more information
- Headspace gas analysis
- The process of sampling a gas contained within a package... more information
- Hygrometers
- An instrument used for measuring the moisture content in the... more information
- Inert gases
- A non-reactive gas used during chemical synthesis... more information
- Inert packaging
- Because of the non-reactive properties of inert gases they... more information
- Infra-red (IR) analyzer
- Infra-red analyzers may be used for measurement of... more information
- Intrinsically safe (IS)
- A protection technique for safe operation of electronic equipment in... more information
- ISO
- The International Organization for Standardization is an internationa... more information
- Manometric principle
- The Lyssy L100-5000 gas permeability analyzer uses the manometric pri... more information
- Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP)
- This is a technique used for prolonging the shelf-life of foods. In t... more information
- NAMAS
- The UK's National Measurement Accreditation Service, it's accreditati... more information
- NEMA
- A standard of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association defin... more information
- NIST
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology is a non-regulator... more information
- Nitrosave
- Brand name for Systech Illinois' nitrogen control system and oxygen... more information
- Optical/fluorescence quenching for O2 measurement
- The oxygen measurement technique is based upon the fluorescence... more information
- P2O5 (phosphorous pentoxide)
- The electrolytic moisture sensor used by Systech Illinois employs... more information
- Paramagnetic sensor
- Oxygen is a paramagnetic gas and is attracted to a strong magnetic fi... more information
- PCB detector
- A printed circuit board, or PCB, is used to mechanically support and... more information
- Percent sensor
- The Systech Illinois percent sensor is capable of accurate measuremen... more information
- RACE™ sensor
- Patented by Systech Illinois this sensor has a unique electrochemical... more information
- Sample conditioning systems
- Ensure that gas sensors receive stable, clean, sample gas streams.... more information
- Surface mount technology (SMT)
- Method for constructing electronic circuits in which the components... more information
- Thermal conductivity
- Each gas has a known thermal conductivity, how well heat transfers... more information
- Trace sensor
- The Systech Illinois trace (part per million) sensor is... more information
- Turbopurge™
- The Systech Illinois turbopurge technology enables the purge time of ... more information
- UL
- UL stands for Underwriters Laboratories, an independent... more information
- Wheatstone Bridge
- An electrical circuit used to measure an unknown electrical... more information
- Zirconia oxide cell
- The zirconia cell is a high temperature ceramic sensor... more information
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