Detection device for high explosives
US5157261A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 28, 1991 |
| Grant date | Oct 20, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 28, 2011 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T436/17
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A portable fiber optic detector that senses the presence of specific target chemicals by electrostatically attracting the target chemical to an aromatic compound coating on an optical fiber. Attaching the target chemical to the coated fiber reduces the fluorescence so that a photon sensing detector records the reduced light level and activates an appropriate alarm or indicator.
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