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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 1980

Filed:

Jul. 03, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:

John A Favre, Bartlesville, OK (US);

Thomas W Schmidt, Bartlesville, OK (US);

Assignee:

Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, OK (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ; H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250288 ; 250281 ; 7342 / ; 250282 ;
Abstract

The difference in the concentration of a selected isotope in a first material and a second material, which may be a reference material, is measured by means of a mass spectrometer. The analysis is carried out with only a small amount of sample by introducing only a small slug of sample of the first material into the mass spectrometer by means of a sample valve. If there is a sufficient quantity of the second material, the first material my be compared directly to the second material. Direct comparison is also used when the second material is a reference material. If there is also only a small supply of the second material then the first material is compared to a reference material and in like manner the sample valve is utilized to supply a small sample of the second material to the mass spectrometer to be compared to the reference material. An indirect comparison of the first and second materials is thus provided.


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