TURBIDIMETER AND METHOD FOR MEASURING TURBIDITY

To provide a turbidimeter that can increase accuracy of measuring a turbidity.SOLUTION: A turbidimeter 1 according to the present disclosure is for measuring a turbidity of a measurement target object S, and includes: a light source unit 21 for irradiating the measurement object target S with illumination light L1; a light reception unit 22 including a solid imaging element 222 for outputting a detection signal of a measurement target light L2 including transmission light L21 based on the illumination light L1 applied to the measurement target object S and a diffused light L22; and a controller 31 for calculating a space distribution D of intensity of the measurement target light L2 in a light reception surface A of the solid imaging element 222 on the basis of the detection signal of the measurement target light L2 and calculating the turbidity on the basis of the calculated space distribution D.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】濁度測定の精度を向上させることが可能な濁度計を提供する。【解決手段】本開示に係る濁度計１は、被測定物Ｓの濁度を測定する濁度計１であって、照射光Ｌ１を被測定物Ｓに対して照射する光源部２１と、被測定物Ｓに対して照射された照射光Ｌ１に基づく透過光Ｌ２１及び散乱光Ｌ２２を含む被測定光Ｌ２の検出信号を出力する固体撮像素子２２２を含む受光部２２と、被測定光Ｌ２の検出信号に基づいて固体撮像素子２２２の受光面Ａにおける被測定光Ｌ２の強度の空間分布Ｄを算出し、算出された空間分布Ｄに基づいて濁度を算出する制御部３１と、を備える。【選択図】図１