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LEAK DETECTION FORMULA, ANALYZER and METHODS OF USE

  • US 20140251831A1
  • Filed: 03/07/2013
  • Published: 09/11/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of detecting a leak from a leak site in a sealed system, the sealed system including one or more external surfaces, the method including the use of a source of pressurized gas external to the sealed system which gas is capable of passing through the leak site and a composition of matter which is capable of adhering to at least a portion of the one or more external surfaces and which is capable of showing the presence of the gas escaping from the leak site, the method including the steps of:

  • injecting gas from the external source into the sealed system to a pressure in excess of the pressure surrounding the sealed system; and

    covering at least a portion of the external surface with the composition of matter to identify the location of the leak site by the interaction of the gas escaping from the leak site with the composition of matter.

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