Induced breakdown spectroscopy detector system with controllable delay time
First Claim
1. An induced breakdown spectroscopy system with controllable delay time for detecting a material of interest, the system comprising:
- generating means, located near said material of interest, for generating a high energy pulse to create a plasma;
detector means for detecting and measuring a material of interest in the plasma based on spectral emissions of the material of interest;
a processor connected to an output of the detector means, said processor comprising;
filter means to filter out undesirable spectral regions from the detector signal;
wherein said filter means comprise one or more bandpass filters; and
wherein at least one of said one or more bandpass filters is substantially centered to pass spectral emissions that contain at least part of the spectral emissions of said material of interest;
delay means for causing a controllable delay between the time of generation of the plasma and the time of detecting and measuring; and
user control means for controlling the duration of said delay.
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Abstract
The invention relates to high power, spark induced breakdown spectroscopy (SIBS) detectors with controllable delay time and to spark induced breakdown spectroscopy plasma generators with dual electrodes with specific electrode material, both for use in methods and apparatuses for detecting spectral signatures of atomic emissions, (e.g., from heavy metals such as lead, mercury, chromium, cadmium, arsenic, antimony and beryllium and radioactive materials such as uranium, plutonium, thorium and technetium) for measuring, for example, atomic concentrations of samples such as vapors and airborne particulates.
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1. An induced breakdown spectroscopy system with controllable delay time for detecting a material of interest, the system comprising:
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generating means, located near said material of interest, for generating a high energy pulse to create a plasma; detector means for detecting and measuring a material of interest in the plasma based on spectral emissions of the material of interest; a processor connected to an output of the detector means, said processor comprising;
filter means to filter out undesirable spectral regions from the detector signal;wherein said filter means comprise one or more bandpass filters; and wherein at least one of said one or more bandpass filters is substantially centered to pass spectral emissions that contain at least part of the spectral emissions of said material of interest; delay means for causing a controllable delay between the time of generation of the plasma and the time of detecting and measuring; and user control means for controlling the duration of said delay. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An induced breakdown spectroscopy system with a user controllable delay time for detecting a material of interest, the system comprising:
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means for generating a high energy pulse to create a plasma, said generating means located near said material of interest; means for detecting and measuring a material of interest in said plasma based on spectral emissions of the material of interest; means for causing a controllable delay between a time of generation of said plasma and a time of detecting and measuring; means for controlling a duration of said user controllable delay; and a processor connected to an output of the detector means, said processor comprising; one or more bandpass filters to filter out undesirable spectral regions from the detector signal, at least one of said one or more bandpass filters is substantially centered to pass spectral emissions that contain at least part of the spectral emissions of said material of interest. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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