Fluid analyzer utilizing a laser beam

US4365157A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Gesellschaft fur Strahlen- und Umweltforschung mbH (GSF)

Inventors

• Eberhard Unsold · Bocholt, DE
• Gerhard Renner · Deggendorf, DE
• Reiner Wechsung

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 8, 1981
• Grant date: Dec 21, 1982
• Expiry date: Jun 8, 2001

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N21/718
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for studying a fluid by forming a stream of the fluid, exciting the stream by causing a laser beam to impinge thereon to produce secondary particles or quanta, and subjecting the resulting secondary particles or quanta to an analysis operation in an analyzer.