Method and apparatus for measuring physico-chemical properties using a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer

US9678185B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• PepsiCo, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Robert CORKERY · Canton, US
• Chris Dimelow · Coalville, GB
• Sergey V. Dvinskikh · Vallentuna, SE
• Adam Feiler · Hässelby, SE
• Istvan Furo · Vallentuna, SE
• Eapen George · Frisco, US
• Peter Given · Ridgefield, US
• Julie Anne Grover · Plano, US
• Pavel V. Yushmanov · Lidingö, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 15, 2013
• Grant date: Jun 13, 2017
• Expiry date: Apr 9, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N24/08
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Methods for measuring physico-chemical properties using a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer are disclosed, including methods to determine an initial amount of a substance, usually a liquid, contained inside a porous material and an initial amount of the substance, usually a liquid, present outside the porous material, methods to measure the release kinetics of a substance, such as a liquid, from a porous material, and methods for performing chemical reactions and other physico-chemical operations in situ inside a nuclear magnetic resonance probe after a sample is loaded into a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer. The apparatuses for performing these methods are also disclosed.