Method for chemically analyzing a solution by acoustic means

Patent Application · Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:555389

Beller, L S

A method and apparatus are described for determining a type of solution and the concentration of that solution by acoustic means. Generally stated, the method consists of: immersing a sound focusing transducer within a first liquid filled container; locating a separately contained specimen solution at a sound focal point within the first container; locating a sound probe adjacent to the specimen, generating a variable intensity sound signal from the transducer; measuring fundamental and multiple harmonic sound signal amplitudes; and then comparing plot of a specimen sound response with a known solution sound response, thereby determining the solution type and concentration.

• Research Organization: Lockheed Idaho Technologies Co., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-94ID13223
• Assignee: US Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
• Patent Number(s): PATENTS-US-A8562613
• Application Number: ON: DE98001639; PAN: 8-562,613; TRN: AHC29802%%50
• OSTI ID: 555389
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 1995
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

40 CHEMISTRY
SOLUTES
ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS
QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
CONCENTRATION RATIO
QUALITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
SOLVENTS
SOUND WAVES
WAVE PROPAGATION
RESPONSE FUNCTIONS
HARMONICS
SODIUM CHLORIDES
SODIUM IODIDES
CESIUM CHLORIDES
CESIUM IODIDES
CALIBRATION STANDARDS