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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2021
Michael P. Smith, Tulsa, OK (US);
Michael P. Smith, Tulsa, OK (US);
Abstract
Provided herein are new methods of analyzing release-resistant water in materials, such as geologic materials. The methods of the invention typically comprise removal of extraneous water, e.g., by drying, preparing the material for the release of release-resistant water (e.g., by crushing the material, but typically not so greatly as to cause the release of fluid from hermetically sealed components, such as fluid inclusions), and then analyzing the amount of release-resistant water in the sample, either directly in-situ or by the additional step of extracting the release-resistant water and measuring the extraction. The invention also provides new devices and/or systems useful in the performance of such methods.