Quantitative method of determining beryllium or a compound thereof in a sample

US7129093B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC · US

Inventors

• T. Mark McCleskey · Los Alamos, US
• Deborah S. Ehler · Los Alamos, US
• Kevin John · Santa Fe, US
• Anthony K. Burrell · Los Alamos, US
• Gavin Collis · Los Alamos, US
• Edel M. Minogue · Los Alamos, US
• Benjamin P. Warner · Los Alamos, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 30, 2004
• Grant date: Oct 31, 2006
• Expiry date: Mar 30, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T436/25875
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method of determining beryllium or a beryllium compound thereof in a sample, includes providing a sample suspected of comprising beryllium or a compound thereof, extracting beryllium or a compound thereof from the sample by dissolving in a solution, adding a fluorescent indicator to the solution to thereby bind any beryllium or a compound thereof to the fluorescent indicator, and determining the presence or amount of any beryllium or a compound thereof in the sample by measuring fluorescence.