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methane indicator

methane indicator

[′meth‚ān ‚in·də‚kād·ər]
(mining engineering)
A portable analytical instrument that can determine the methane content in the mine air at the place where the sample is taken; air is brought into the instrument through an aspirator bulb and passed through a cartridge filter to remove moisture.
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