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Method and apparatus for measuring the sum of the radii of particles in a collection

US4037964A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 15, 1976
Grant dateJul 26, 1977
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Expiry dateJan 15, 1996

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2021/4716
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

There is disclosed a Fraunhofer plane spatial filter design for use in filtering the forward scattered light from a collection of particles to obtain an indication of the sum of the radii of the particles as a direct function of the total diffracted light flux passed by the filter.

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