Video toroid cavity imager
US6774635B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 14, 2003 |
| Grant date | Aug 10, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/30
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A video toroid cavity imager for in situ measurement of electrochemical properties of an electrolytic material sample includes a cylindrical toroid cavity resonator containing the sample and employs NMR and video imaging for providing high-resolution spectral and visual information of molecular characteristics of the sample on a real-time basis. A large magnetic field is applied to the sample under controlled temperature and pressure conditions to simultaneously provide NMR spectroscopy and video imaging capabilities for investigating electrochemical transformations of materials or the evolution of long-range molecular aggregation during cooling of hydrocarbon melts. The video toroid cavity imager includes a miniature commercial video camera with an adjustable lens, a modified compression coin cell imager with a fiat circular principal detector element, and a sample mounted on a transparent circular glass disk, and provides NMR information as well as a video image of a sample, such as a polymer film, with micrometer resolution.
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