Quantitative method of determining beryllium or a compound thereof in a sample

Patent · Tue Aug 24 00:00:00 EDT 2010

OSTI ID:1013625

McCleskey, T Mark ^[1]; Ehler, Deborah S ^[1]; John, Kevin D ^[2]; Burrell, Anthony K ^[1]; Collis, Gavin E ^[1]; Minogue, Edel M ^[1]; Warner, Benjamin P ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos, NM
2. Santa Fe, NM

A method of determining beryllium or a beryllium compound thereof in a sample, includes providing a sample suspected of comprising beryllium or a compound thereof, extracting beryllium or a compound thereof from the sample by dissolving in a solution, adding a fluorescent indicator to the solution to thereby bind any beryllium or a compound thereof to the fluorescent indicator, and determining the presence or amount of any beryllium or a compound thereof in the sample by measuring fluorescence.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-06NA25396
• Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)
• Patent Number(s): 7,781,589
• Application Number: 11/591,315
• OSTI ID: 1013625
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English