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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2011
Warrick Paul Chisholm, Cannington, AU;
Laurence Drew Mann, Cannington, AU;
Timothy Rayner, San Diego, CA (US);
John Alec Sidney Smith, Greater London, GB;
Warrick Paul Chisholm, Cannington, AU;
Laurence Drew Mann, Cannington, AU;
Timothy Rayner, San Diego, CA (US);
John Alec Sidney Smith, Greater London, GB;
Rapiscan Systems, Inc., Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
The present application discloses systems and methods for analyzing a chemical substance containing quadrupolar nuclei to determine a measurable characteristic of the substance. The systems and methods include irradiating the substance with RF energy to stimulate NQR of certain quadrupolar nuclei within the substance, receiving and processing a signal emitted from the substance to isolate an NQR signal therefrom, analyzing the NQR signal to obtain a measure of the characteristic of the substance, and providing an output indicative of the measure for analytical purposes.