Refractometers
Brix Refractometer for Maple Syrup/Fruit, 0~32% Brix Range
SISCO-BR-SW59
Brix refractometer for sale online, 2 measurement ranges optional, 0~32%/ 50% for selection. The brix refractometer is widely used in various applications, it can be used for measuring food, fruits, maple syrup, and more. A portable refractometer is easy to operate and maintain.
$198.99
Brix Refractometer with Bluetooth, 0~95% Brix Range
SISCO-BR-RF031
A Brix refractometer with Bluetooth connectivity offers smart control via a mobile phone app and displays multiple parameters on a full-screen interface. It can measure and detect various fruits' sugar content and salinity, making it suitable for beverages, cafes, kitchens, restaurants, offices, and more. The digital brix refractometer can measure Brix 0-32%/0~55%/0~95%.
$228.77
Digital Brix Refractometer for Coolant/Alcohol/Salinity/Honey
SISCO-DBR-0082
Digital Brix refractometer for sale online, 8 measurement ranges optional, 0~10%/ 20%/ 32%/ 50%/ 80%/ 90%, 28~62%, 45~82% for selection. It integrates Brix meter, salinity refractometer, honey refractometer, coolant refractometer, alcohol refractometer, and antifreeze refractometer in one. A portable refractometer is easy to operate and maintain.
$80.72
Digital Coffee Refractometer with Bluetooth, 0~26% Brix Range
SISCO-DCR-RF034
The digital coffee refractometer for sale is available at a cheap price, featuring a 0~26% Brix range and Bluetooth connectivity. It boasts high precision sensors, small programmable connections, and a compact, portable design. With an IP67 waterproof rating, 30 days of long-lasting battery life, and automatic warming.
$415.38
Digital Handheld Refractometer for Food Processing, 0~50% Brix Range
SISCO-DHR-RF036
Buy a digital handheld refractometer with a 0-50% or 0-90% Brix range, online at a cheap price. The pocket-sized digital handheld refractometer is perfect for beer brewing, home brewing, fruit analysis, and honey testing.
$179.46
Digital Refractometer for Beer Brewing/Wine Grapes, 0~55% Brix Range
SISCO-DR-ST355A
The digital refractometer for sale online is used for Beer Brewing, Wine Grapes, fruit, and sugar, featuring an optional 0~55% Brix range. Available at a cheap price, it is good for home and professional use. This pocket-sized, portable device ensures accurate measurements on the go.
$119.66
Digital Refractometer for Sugar/Wine, 0~35% Brix Range
SISCO-DR-ST335A
The digital refractometer for sugar and wine, featuring a 0~35% Brix range, offers good quality at a cheap price, making it an excellent choice for those in need of a reliable digital Brix refractometer. It can also be used for beer brewing, measuring sugar content, testing honey, checking coolant levels, and ensuring the consistency of jam.
$98.46
Portable Alcohol/Brix Refractometer for Wine/Beer Brewing
SISCO-ARM-6032
Alcohol/Brix refractometer is a digital refractometer with various models. Alcohol refractometer can measure alcohol gravity with a range of 0~80%. Wine refractometer has a dual measurement range of alcohol and Brix, an alcohol range of 0~25%, and a sugar range of 0~40%. Fruit wine refractometer can measure 0~14 °Oe (Oechsle) and 0~27 KMW Babo. Beer refractometer can measure Brix scale of 0~40% and wort specific gravity of range 1.000~1.130.
$76.77
Portable Coolant Refractometer, 0~90% Brix Range
SISCO-CRM-1090
The portable refractometer adopts a high-definition prism and temperature compensation is suitable for measuring coolant concentration and antifreeze freezing point. Coolant refractometer has measurement range 0~10%, 0~20%, 0~32%, 0~50%, 0~80%, 0~90% Brix for selection.
$76.77
What is a Refractometer?
A refractometer is a scientific instrument used to measure the refractive index of a substance. The refractive index is a measure of how much the speed of light changes when passing through a substance. Refractometers are commonly used in various industries such as food and beverage, pharmaceutical, chemical, and automotive industries, to name a few.
In simpler terms, when light passes from one medium (like air) into another (like water or a sugar solution), its speed changes, causing it to bend. This bending is what we call refraction. The refractive index quantifies this bending effect.
Refractometers are commonly used in various fields such as chemistry, physics, food and beverage industry, gemology, and more. For example, in the food industry, they're used to measure the sugar content of liquids like fruit juices or syrups. In gemology, refractometers help identify gemstones based on their refractive indices.
There are different types of refractometers designed for specific applications. They typically work by measuring the angle at which light is bent as it passes through a sample, and then using this angle to calculate the refractive index.
What are the Types of Refractometers?
- Brix Refractometer: Utilized in the food and beverage industry to measure sugar content in liquids. Test samples such as cola, fruit juice, tea drinks and other sugar-sweetened beverages, jam, honey, sugar, syrup and other sugar-sweetened foods, condiments, sauces or soups, soy milk, vegetable protein, etc. The results are expressed as Brix percentage (% Brix), indicating the sugar content as a percentage of the total mass.
- Digital Handheld Refractometers: These provide a digital readout of the refractive index, making them more user-friendly and reducing the potential for human error. They are also portable and used in similar applications as analog handheld refractometers.
- Salinity Refractometer: Measures the concentration of salt in water, providing salinity levels.
- Gemstone Refractometers: Designed specifically for measuring the refractive index of gemstones, these are used in gemology to identify and assess gemstones.
- Coolant Refractometers: Determines the concentration of coolant and antifreeze solutions. The readout is typically shown as a percentage or specific gravity, indicating the concentration level of the coolant or antifreeze in the solution.
- Clinical Refractometers: Measures the refractive index of bodily fluids such as blood serum and urine. The readout provides either a refractive index value or specific scales like urine particular gravity or protein concentration in blood serum.
Applications
sisco digital refractometers are often used for:
- Food and beverage industry: The Brix refractometer can measure the Brix or concentration or salinity of raw materials or semi-finished products and finished products, or online detection of concentration in the production process. Test samples such as cola, fruit juice, tea drinks and other sugar-sweetened beverages, jam, honey, sugar, syrup and other sugar-sweetened foods, condiments, sauces or soups, soy milk, vegetable protein, etc.
- Flavor and fragrance industry: The portable refractive index is measured by a refractometer for qualitative inspection and judgment of purity.
- Textile printing industry: The refractometer can be used for starch determination, fixative determination, organic solvent concentration monitoring (DMF, DMSO, etc.), and slurry concentration determination.
- Chemical industry: The refractometer can measure and monitor the concentration of various organic and inorganic substances, as well as the concentration of cleaning solutions.
- Automobile transportation industry: The refractometer can measure the concentration of battery fluid, refrigerant, and snow-melting agents, such as the concentration and freezing temperature of the refrigerant in car maintenance.
- Metal processing: SISCO coolant refractometer can monitor the concentration of cleaning fluid, cutting oil and cleaning fluid in the electronics industry.
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