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Method of testing a cold gas for the presence of a hazardous gas

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6411237
This patent describes a method for testing a gas at a temperature below about -10 degrees F for the presence of a hazardous gas. The method consists of: (a) passing a quantity of the gas through a tubing positioned in a garment and near the inner surface of the garment so that body heat of a wearer of the garment is transferred to the gas flowing through the tubing to heat the quantity of gas with the body heat of the wearer of the garment; and (b) analyzing a portion of the heated quantity of gas for the presence of the hazardous gas.
Assignee:
Atlantic Richfield Co., Los Angeles, CA
Patent Number(s):
US 4791804
OSTI ID:
6411237
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English