Detailed explanation of the five major steps in the operation of the handheld sugar meter
The hand-held sugar meter is specially used to detect the sugar content of beverages, and it is also a way to inspect the quality of beverages. The method of using the instrument is here, and you can learn it in only 5 steps.
1. Open the cover and carefully wipe the detection prism with a soft cloth. Take a few drops of the solution to be tested, place it on the detection prism, and gently close the cover to avoid the generation of air bubbles, so that the solution spreads over the surface of the prism.
2. Aim the light inlet plate of the hand-held sugar meter at the light source or a bright place, observe the field of view through the eyepiece, and turn the eyepiece to adjust the handwheel to make the blue-white boundary line of the field of view clear. The scale value of the dividing line is the concentration of the solution.
3. Pay attention to the calibration temperature. Take a few drops of distilled water, put it on the detection prism, and turn the zero adjustment screw to adjust the dividing line to the 0% position of the scale. Then wipe off the detection prism for detection.
4. Some models of hand-held sugar meters need to be equipped with standard liquid instead of distilled water when calibrating.
5. Another method is (only suitable for the determination of sugar content): use the temperature correction table to add (or subtract) the temperature correction value to the value read at the ambient temperature to obtain an accurate value.
