Remote sensing phase fluorimetry using mercury vapor lamp
US8143597B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 13, 2009 |
| Grant date | Mar 27, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 29, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N21/6408
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An efficient and portable method for remote detection of a target mineral material through frequency domain fluorimetry, a detection technique that measures the time lag between absorption and emission of photons, thereby determining the lifetime of said target mineral material. As claimed and disclosed in the present invention, mercury vapor lamps, a common source of industrial facility lighting, emit radiation that overlaps the UV/blue absorption spectrum of many fluorophores and may be used as an efficient and portable excitation source for remote frequency domain fluorimetry.
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