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Measuring the concentration of gaseous hydrogen fluoride

US4535241A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 17, 1982
Grant dateAug 13, 1985
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Expiry dateNov 17, 2002

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2021/1704
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Method and apparatus for quantitatively determining the concentration of gaseous hydrogen fluoride in a medium containing gaseous hydrogen fluoride. The apparatus has one or two lasers (1) (2) which provides a beam (11) having two frequencies, a first frequency which is absorbed by gaseous hydrogen fluoride and a second frequency which is substantially unabsorbed by low pressure gaseous hydrogen fluoride and less absorbed than the first frequency by high pressure gaseous hyrogen fluoride or gaseous hydrogen fluoride plus other gases or vapors. Detectors (12) (15) detect the beam transmitted through the medium and calculator (18) determines the concentration from the outputs of the detectors (12) (15). The preferred lasers (1) (2) are infra red helium-neon lasers.

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