A detection device is described for measuring the vaporization-melt ratio, the device including a light source, a first and second optical lens group, a slit, a first and second steering mirror, a first and second primary mirror, a glass container, a colored blade, and a high-speed recording analyzer. 5%, relative to total number of carbons in said wax; wherein the wax is further characterized by having a set of endotherms as determined by differential scanning calorimetry run at a maximum rate of 10\xb0 C. Cellulose and hemicellulose, when hydrolyzed into their sugars, can be converted into ethanol fuel through well established fermentation technologies. A flow control valve unit is disposed within a lumen of the sheath. The target compounds are prepared by opening of the cyclic sulfates by nucleophilic attack of the heteroatoms on the 5-membered ring sugars. In another embodiment, the EM signal is down-converted to a demodulated baseband information signal.