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Fluorocarbon tracers and tracing method

US4520109A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 14, 1983
Grant dateMay 28, 1985
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Expiry dateMar 14, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T436/196666
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A material is traced to its origin or the flow pattern of a fluid medium is defined by incorporating into the material or fluid medium a perfluorinated C.sub.9 -C.sub.18 polycyclic hydrocarbon containing at least two bridgehead carbon atoms linked through a bridge containing at least one carbon atom, collecting a sample of the material or fluid medium after distribution or flow, and analyzing the sample for the presence of the perfluoro compound.

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