Mobile inductively coupled plasma system
Abstract
A system is described for sampling and analyzing a material located at a hazardous site. A laser located remotely from the hazardous site is connected to an optical fiber, which directs laser radiation proximate the material at the hazardous site. The laser radiation abates a sample of the material. An inductively coupled plasma is located remotely from the material. An aerosol transport system carries the ablated particles to a plasma, where they are dissociated, atomized and excited to provide characteristic optical reduction of the elemental constituents of the sample. An optical spectrometer is located remotely from the site. A second optical fiber is connected to the optical spectrometer at one end and the plasma source at the other end to carry the optical radiation from the plasma source to the spectrometer. 10 figs.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 335431
- Patent Number(s):
- 5889587
- Application Number:
- PAN: 8-117,242
- Assignee:
- Iowa State Univ. Research Foundation, Ames, IA (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-82
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 30 Mar 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 40 CHEMISTRY; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING; LASER-RADIATION HEATING; ABLATION; ICP MASS SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL FIBERS
Citation Formats
D`Silva, A P, and Jaselskis, E J. Mobile inductively coupled plasma system. United States: N. p., 1999.
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D`Silva, A P, & Jaselskis, E J. Mobile inductively coupled plasma system. United States.
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abstractNote = {A system is described for sampling and analyzing a material located at a hazardous site. A laser located remotely from the hazardous site is connected to an optical fiber, which directs laser radiation proximate the material at the hazardous site. The laser radiation abates a sample of the material. An inductively coupled plasma is located remotely from the material. An aerosol transport system carries the ablated particles to a plasma, where they are dissociated, atomized and excited to provide characteristic optical reduction of the elemental constituents of the sample. An optical spectrometer is located remotely from the site. A second optical fiber is connected to the optical spectrometer at one end and the plasma source at the other end to carry the optical radiation from the plasma source to the spectrometer. 10 figs.},
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