X-ray chemical analyzer for field applications

Patent · 31 December 1976

OSTI ID:862971

Gamba, Otto O. M. ^[1]

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1. Clairton, PA

A self-supporting portable field multichannel X-ray chemical analyzer system comprising a lightweight, flexibly connected, remotely locatable, radioisotope-excited sensing probe utilizing a cryogenically-cooled solid state semi-conductor crystal detector for fast in situ non-destructive, qualitative and quantitative analysis of elements in solid, powder, liquid or slurried form, utilizing an X-ray energy dispersive spectrometry technique.

• Research Organization: US Dept. of Energy (USDOE), Washington, DC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): 4,063,089
• Application Number: 05/744493
• OSTI ID: 862971
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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