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Description
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Planimeter
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A planimeter, also known as a platometer, is a measuring instrument used to determine the area of an arbitrary two-dimensional shape.
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Measuring Wheel or Map Wheel
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Map-Wheel provides a simple, fast and accurate wayto measure distances on maps, whether in straight lines or along curves.
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Hydrological Cycle Simulator
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It helps to understand how the different processes work together to keep earth’s water moving in a cycle form.
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Laminar Flow Table
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The Laminar Flow Table allows comprehensive grid measurement and photography of two dimensional laminar flow patterns in incompressible fluids. The equipment extends the classical Hele-Shaw approach by including eight sinks and sources and a dye injection system enabling flow patterns to be seen more vividly.
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Sieve shaker
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Sieve shakersare used for separation and size determination of particles. A typicalsieve shakerseparates particles by passing them through a series of chambers with mesh filters and agitating the sample in order to obtain complete separation.
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Constant Head Permeameter
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It is used for conducting the constant head permeability test in the laboratory to determine the permeability of soil or coefficient of permeability. The soils that are suitable for this test are sand and gravels.
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Falling Head Permeameter
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It is used for conducting the falling head permeability test in the laboratory to determine the permeability of fine-grained soils such as clay-like or silty soils.
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Soil Water Permeameter
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The soil water permeameter is used for measuring the saturated permeability of undisturbed soil samples in sample rings.
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Aquifer Model
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This simulator shows all the key features such as unconfined aquifer, confined aquifer, recharge areas, artesian well, flowing artesian well etc. Presenters can easily compare and contrast the different flow patterns between the various types of aquifers.
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Electrical Conductivity (EC)/ Total Dissolved Solid (TDS) Meter
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This instrument measures the EC (in μS/cm or mS/cm), TDS (in mg/l) and temperature (in ° C) in a solution. It has multiple applications in research and engineering, with common usage in hydroponics, aquaculture, aquaponics, and freshwater systems to monitor the amount of nutrients, salts or impurities in the water.
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Potential Hydrogen (pH) Meter
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This instrument measures the hydrogen-ion activity in water-based solutions, indicating its acidity or alkalinity expressed as pH values.
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Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS)
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ICP-MS is a type of mass spectrometry that uses Inductively coupled plasma to ionize the sample. It atomizes the sample and creates atomic and small polyatomic ions, which are then detected. It is known and used for its ability to detect metals and several non-metals in liquid samples at very low concentrations. It can detect different isotopes of the same element, which makes it a versatile tool in Isotopic labeling.
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Flame spectrometer
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A flame photometer is a device used in inorganic chemical analysis to determine the concentration of certain metal ions, among them sodium, potassium, lithium, and calcium. Group 1 and Group 2 metals are quite sensitive to Flame Photometry due to their low excitation energies.
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Solvent Transmission Model
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This model simulates the horizontal movement and dispersion of pollutant through porous environment.
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Monitoring Station
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This station is an integrated professional station that combines high performance with flexibility and ease of use. They measure different weather elements such as temperature, wind speed and direction, soil moisture, and rain depth (amount). These elements are recorded automatically by wireless sensors.
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Floating Type Rain Gauge
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This rain gauge can give a permanent, automatic rainfall record (without any bottle recording) in the form of a pen mounted on a clock driven chart. From the chart, intensity or rate of rainfall in cm/hour besides the total amount of rainfall can be obtained.
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Shallow Water Current Meter
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A current meter is an instrument used to measure the velocity of flow of water.The working principle is based on the relationship between water velocity and the resulting angular velocity of the device's fans.Place the ammeter on a point in the duct and count the number of revolutions of the fans over time.The velocity of the water at that point is determined.
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Global Positioning System (GPS)
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It is a navigation device linked to satellites through 24 satellites. With the distance scale from other satellites. The receiver determines the user’s location and displays it on an electronic map. This equipment is used in the field to locate well sites, sample sites, and geological surveys.
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Altimeter
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A tool that measures the height above sea level in meters. Because the atmospheric pressure decreases with altitude. It is a very sensitive device.
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Open Reel Measuring Tape
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Measure field distance with accuracy. Measures a total distance of 330 feet or 100 meters. Features a hand crank to easily wind tape.
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Rolatape Measuring Wheel
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The Rolatape measuring wheel is ideal for heavy construction, large commercial operations, utility companies, land surveying and other critical measuring applications. The circular disk is used to measure roughness of construction sites and field geological applications.
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Digger - Soil Sampling Equipment
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Collect soil samples from depths of up to 50 meters. This is usually used for heterogeneous soils. They are used in examination and exploration of sites, description of strata and geology of the area, and environmental studies. It can also be used in shallow water wells.
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Ring Soil Sampler
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It is used for all types of soil up to 5m depth.This group for heterogeneous soil is used for manual digging and sampling.It is suitable for site exploration, sampling, and environmental studies.
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Cabling Ceremony Tool
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It is used when the department plans to conduct an educational field trip for cable ceremony tool for students in the field in coordination with two diggers in Jeddah area.
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Soil Salinity/Electrical Conductivity Meter
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This tool allows the user to measure the salinity as well as the electrical conductivity of the soil.
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Well Filter (Screen)
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A well screen is a filtering device that serves as the intake portion of wells constructed in unconsolidated or semi-consolidated aquifers. The screen permits water to enter the well from the saturated aquifer, prevents sediment from entering the well, and serves structurally to support the aquifer material.
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Infiltrometer
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This device used to measure the rate of water infiltration into soil or other porous media.
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Water Level Gauge or Sounder
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The device is equipped with a probe that is connected to the measuring tape that will accurately read to 0.01 foot or 1 mm.When the probe reaches the bottom of the well, it emits a clear sound and light signal.If the probe is raised slightly, the sound will be silent.Setting this enables the user to specify the depth accurately.
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Water Pump
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It is used for groundwater disinfection and for taking water samples from observing wells.
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Water Sampler
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Water sampler is designed to take ideal samples of groundwater to a depth of about 25 meters.
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Resistance Meter
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It is used for geophysical measurements duringgroundwater studies.
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Spectrophotometer
Spectrophotometeris largelyusedfor water and wastewater quality monitoring. The measurement/ estimation of specific and aggregate parameters such as nitrate and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) are possible with spectra exploitation, from 2 to multi wavelengths calibration.
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HI-9829 Multi-parameter
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The HI-9829 is a waterproof portable logging multi-parameter meter that monitors up to 14 different water quality parameters including pH, ORP, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, ammonium, chloride, nitrate, and temperature. An optional GPS provides location tracking of measurements. The complete system is simple to setup and easy to use.
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U-22XD Multi-parameter Water Quality Monitoring System (Horiba)
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U-22XD series Multi-parameter water quality checker enables to measure and indicate the monitoring result simultaneously up to 11 parameters with one unit. Tough & powerful design, considering user friendly field monitoring on site, such as rive, ground water, drainage water, etc. bring together feature offunction and performance, which makes simple operation for everybody.
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WTW OxiTop® Control 6, Control 12 in Analytical Devices
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BOD Self-check Measurement - for a larger number of samples, with easy sample management. It is used to determining the biological oxygen demand (BOD). The method is based on changes of pressure in a closed system using measuring heads attached to the sample bottles. The BOD can be determined simultaneously in up to 6 or 12 samples.
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Digital Reactor Block 200
(DRB 200) (HACH)
Heat the samples to analyze the required chemical oxygen demand, total organic carbon, and total nitrogThe heating blocks can heat solutions in round vials of various sizes at 37–165 °C for a period of 0–480 minutes.
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3D Sandbox
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It is a real-time integrated augmented reality system to physically create topography models which are then scanned into a computer in real time, and used as background for a variety of graphics effects and simulations. The final product is self-contained and ideal for use as a hands-on exhibit in science museums.
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