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Portable analytical system for detecting organic chemicals in water

US8302458B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Parker-Hannifin Corporation · US

Inventors

Kazi Zulfiqur Ali Hassan · Huntsville, US
William M. Cost · Decatur, US
Curtis D. Mowry · Albuquerque, US
Michael P. Siegal · Albuquerque, US
Alex Robinson · Albuquerque, US
Joshua Jonathan Whiting · Albuquerque, US
Stephen W. Howell · Bloomington, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 21, 2008
Grant date	Nov 6, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 2, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2291/0423
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A portable analytical system for detecting organic chemicals in water comprising a miniature preconcentrator and a SAW detector, the latter being characterized by a nanoporous carbon coating that provides improved response compared to prior art polymer coatings, particularly when detecting low concentrations of trihalomethane chemicals, such as chloroform and bromoform.

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