ASBC Beer Color and Turbidity
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ASBC Color The ASBC Beer Color scale has a range of approximately 1 to 11 units, with the more yellow, pale worts at the low end of the scale and the redder color of dark worts, beers and caramels at the upper end of the scale. The industry reference method for ASBC Beer Color and […]
Color and haze measurement of fruit drinks and carbonated beverages
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FAQ: “I have worked with a company measuring the color of sports drinks. Now this company is interested in fruit drinks and also in carbonated soft drinks. Have you worked with these types of beverages? Any advice or recommendations?” Fruit drinks contain: water corn sweeteners may contain some fruit juice or fruit solids flavors (oil […]
How do you validate a APHA/Pt-Co/Hazen 500 liquid color standard?
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As described in Section 6 of ASTM D1209, there are 2 criteria to validate a APHA/Pt-Co 500 standard: Ken PhillipsMr. Philips has spent the last 30 years in product development and management, technical sales, marketing, and business development in several industries. Today, he is the global market development manager for HunterLab, focused on understanding customer […]
Is it possible to create ASTM traceable haze standards above 30%?
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The current, available ASTM D1003 Haze Standards have nominal Haze% values of 1, 5, 10, 20 and 30 with air (transparent solids) or the transmission cell filled with DI water being 0 (transparent liquids). Here are some thoughts on further options. Ken PhillipsMr. Philips has spent the last 30 years in product development and management, […]
SPC Results for Diagnostic Didymium Filter Test
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FAQ: “We take the results from the Didymium Filter Test on our HunterLab Vista and plot them in an SPC chart over time to look at trends. We are seeing the 430 and 570 nm filters slowly decrease. Can you help us understand what may be occurring?” Ken PhillipsMr. Philips has spent the last 30 […]
Do you know what Molten Color is?
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FAQ:”A client is asking me to measure something they call “Molten Color’. Do you have any information on this? Do Hunterlab instrument have a function for this color?” Ken PhillipsMr. Philips has spent the last 30 years in product development and management, technical sales, marketing, and business development in several industries. Today, he is the global […]
Measuring the Color of Clear Liquids
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HunterLab diffuse sphere instruments are often used to measure liquid samples, especially clear liquids. The liquid fragrance shown above is one such example of a clear liquid. The fragrances is so clear that is resembles water. Fragrances such as this are often added to cleaning supplies, air fresheners, or other consumer products. One of the […]