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Explosive detection system and sample collecting device

US6295860A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 7, 1999
Grant dateOct 2, 2001
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Expiry dateJul 7, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2001/024
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An explosive detection system in which vapor leaking from luggage is sampled by a sampling probe, negative corona discharge is used to ionize the vapor, and a mass spectrometer is used to detect the ionized vapor, thereby judging whether an explosive is present or not.

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