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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2014
Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc., Tewksbury, MA (US);
Michael Derek Hargreaves, Burlington, MA (US);
Timothy M. Pastore, Wakefield, MA (US);
Gregory H. Vander Rhodes, Melrose, MA (US);
Brendon D. Tower, Weymouth, MA (US);
Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc., Tewksbury, MA (US);
Abstract
A spectrometer configurable for field analyses of chemical properties of a material is provided. The spectrometer includes: at least one sensor adapted for providing Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) surveillance and at least another sensor for providing Raman spectroscopy surveillance. The spectrometer can be provided with a user accessible instruction set for modifying a sampling configuration of the spectrometer. A method of determining the most likely composition of a sample by at least two technologies using the spectrometer is also provided.