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Apparatus and method for measuring concentrations of components with light scattering

US5481113A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 2, 1994
Grant dateJan 2, 1996
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Expiry dateAug 2, 2014

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N21/359
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for measuring concentrations of components with light scattering allows measurement of concentrations of components in a measuring object to be accomplished in non-destructive fashion by using light in near-infrared wavelength ranges with good transmissivity and relatively low light quantum energy. The apparatus is composed of a light irradiator (1) for irradiating excited light in a near-infrared wavelength range to a measuring object (16), a photodetector (2) for receiving and spectrally separating Raman scattered light derived from the measuring object (16), and an arithmetic unit (3) for calculating concentration of a component in the measuring object (16) from intensity of the Raman scattered light and outputting a calculation result.

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