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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Christian Hovde, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Daniel J Kane, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Joel A Silver, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Assignee:
Southwest Sciences Incorporated, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73 2404 ; 250343 ;
Abstract
A process for improving moisture analyzers or hygrometers that use optical absorption techniques to measure water vapor. Water vapor in the optical path outside the sample region is treated to exchange the hydrogen atoms for deuterium, so that the adsorbed water vapor is converted to heavy water, D.sub.2 O, and isotopically mixed HDO, thus reducing or eliminating the interference in any optical absorption apparatus for measuring water vapor, provided the spectral resolution is sufficient to resolve normal water absorptions from heavy water absorptions.