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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Henry L Lomasney, New Orleans, LA (US);
Assignee:
Ionex Corporation, New Orleans, LA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324557 ; 324326 ; 324718 ; 73 40 ; 340605 ;
Abstract
Procedures and apparatuses for determining the integrity of a geophysical barrier are provided. In particular, an electropotential gradient is established across the barrier in an attempt to drive ionic species through the barrier. The resulting ionic transport results in a current which can be measured between the electrodes, and which can be correlated to the integrity of the barrier. The location of a leak in the barrier can be determined by the use of an electromagnetic sensor which detects an anomaly in the flux field associated with the current.