Detection device for high explosives

Patent · Tue Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:868510

Grey, Alan E ^[1]; Partin, Judy K ^[1]; Stone, Mark L ^[1]; Von Wandruszka, Ray M ^[2]; Reagen, William K ^[1]; Ingram, Jani C ^[1]; Lancaster, Gregory D ^[1]

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1. Idaho Falls, ID
2. Moscow, ID

A portable fiber optic detector that senses the presence of specific target chemicals by electrostatically attracting the target chemical to an aromatic compound coating on an optical fiber. Attaching the target chemical to the coated fiber reduces the fluorescence so that a photon sensing detector records the reduced light level and activates an appropriate alarm or indicator.

• Research Organization: EG & G IDAHO INC
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-76ID01570
• Assignee: EG&G Idaho, Inc. (Idaho Falls, ID)
• Patent Number(s): US 5157261
• OSTI ID: 868510
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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