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Refractometer

Index Refractometer

A refractometer is a laboratory or field device for the measurement of an index of refraction (refractometry). [1]

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Abbe refractometer

An Abbe refractometer is a bench-top device for the high-precision measurement of an index of refraction.

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Anisotropy

Anisotropy, is the property of being directionally dependent, which implies different properties in different directions, as opposed to isotropy.

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Automotive industry

The automotive industry is a wide range of companies and organizations involved in the design, development, manufacturing, marketing, and selling of motor vehicles, some of them are called automakers.

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Baumé scale

The Baumé scale is a pair of hydrometer scales developed by French pharmacist Antoine Baumé in 1768 to measure density of various liquids.

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Beekeeping

Beekeeping (or apiculture) is the maintenance of bee colonies, commonly in man-made hives, by humans.

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Beer measurement

When drinking beer, there are many factors to be considered.

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Birefringence

Birefringence is the optical property of a material having a refractive index that depends on the polarization and propagation direction of light.

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Blood proteins

Blood proteins, also termed plasma proteins, are proteins present in blood plasma.

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Brix

Degrees Brix (symbol °Bx) is the sugar content of an aqueous solution.

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Clausius–Mossotti relation

The Clausius–Mossotti relation expresses the dielectric constant (relative permittivity) εr of a material in terms of the atomic polarizibility α of the material's constituent atoms and/or molecules, or a homogeneous mixture thereof.

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Cutting fluid

Cutting fluid is a type of coolant and lubricant designed specifically for metalworking processes, such as machining and stamping.

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Digital handheld refractometer

A digital handheld refractometer is an instrument for measuring the refractive index of materials.

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Dispersion (optics)

In optics, dispersion is the phenomenon in which the phase velocity of a wave depends on its frequency.

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Display device

A display device is an output device for presentation of information in visual or tactile form (the latter used for example in tactile electronic displays for blind people).

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Ernst Abbe

Ernst Karl Abbe HonFRMS (23 January 1840 – 14 January 1905) was a German physicist, optical scientist, entrepreneur, and social reformer.

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Feline infectious peritonitis

Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is the name given to an uncommon, but usually fatal, aberrant immune response to infection with feline coronavirus (FCoV).

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Fermentation

Fermentation is a metabolic process that consumes sugar in the absence of oxygen.

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Gemology

Gemology or gemmology is the science dealing with natural and artificial gemstone materials.

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Gladstone–Dale relation

The Gladstone–Dale relation (J. H. Gladstone and T. P. Dale, 1864) is a mathematical relation used for optical analysis of liquids, the determination of composition from optical measurements.

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Gravity (alcoholic beverage)

Gravity, in the context of fermenting alcoholic beverages, refers to the specific gravity, or relative density compared to water, of the wort or must at various stages in the fermentation.

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Harvest (wine)

The harvesting of wine grapes (Vintage) is one of the most crucial steps in the process of wine-making.

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High-fructose corn syrup

High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) (also called glucose-fructose, isoglucose and glucose-fructose syrup) is a sweetener made from corn starch that has been processed by glucose isomerase to convert some of its glucose into fructose.

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High-refractive-index polymer

A high-refractive-index polymer (HRIP) is a polymer that has a refractive index greater than 1.50.

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Homebrewing

Homebrewing is the brewing of beer on a small scale for personal, non-commercial purposes.

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Inline process refractometer

Inline process refractometers are a type of refractometer designed for the continuous measurement of a fluid flowing through a pipe or inside a tank.

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Light-emitting diode

A light-emitting diode (LED) is a two-lead semiconductor light source.

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List of German inventors and discoverers

---- This is a list of German inventors and discoverers.

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Marine aquarium

A marine aquarium is an aquarium that keeps marine plants and animals in a contained environment.

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Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet developed by Microsoft for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS.

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Must weight

Must weight is a measure of the amount of sugar in grape juice (must), and hence indicates the amount of alcohol that could be produced if it is all fermented to alcohol, rather than left as residual sugar.

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Oechsle scale

The Oechsle Scale is a hydrometer scale measuring the density of grape must, which is an indication of grape ripeness and sugar content used in wine-making.

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Polarization (waves)

Polarization (also polarisation) is a property applying to transverse waves that specifies the geometrical orientation of the oscillations.

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Refractive index

In optics, the refractive index or index of refraction of a material is a dimensionless number that describes how light propagates through that medium.

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Refractometry

Refractometry is the analytical method of measuring substances' refractive index (one of their fundamental physical properties) in order to, for example, assess their composition or purity.

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Salinity

Salinity is the saltiness or amount of salt dissolved in a body of water (see also soil salinity).

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Snell's law

Snell's law (also known as Snell–Descartes law and the law of refraction) is a formula used to describe the relationship between the angles of incidence and refraction, when referring to light or other waves passing through a boundary between two different isotropic media, such as water, glass, or air.

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Specific gravity

Specific gravity is the ratio of the density of a substance to the density of a reference substance; equivalently, it is the ratio of the mass of a substance to the mass of a reference substance for the same given volume.

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Traditional handheld refractometer

A traditional handheld refractometer is an analog instrument for measuring a liquid's refractive index.

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Veterinary medicine

Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease, disorder and injury in non-human animals.

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Winemaking

Winemaking or vinification is the production of wine, starting with the selection of the fruit, its fermentation into alcohol, and the bottling of the finished liquid.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refractometer

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