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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2008
Applicants:
Yixiang Duan, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Quanxi Jia, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Wenqing Cao, Katy, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Los Alamos National Security, LLC, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hydrogen sensor for detecting/quantitating hydrogen and hydrogen isotopes includes a sampling line and a microplasma generator that excites hydrogen from a gas sample and produces light emission from excited hydrogen. A power supply provides power to the microplasma generator, and a spectrometer generates an emission spectrum from the light emission. A programmable computer is adapted for determining whether or not the gas sample includes hydrogen, and for quantitating the amount of hydrogen and/or hydrogen isotopes are present in the gas sample.