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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2012
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Stefan H. Gryska, Woodbury, MN (US);
Michael C. Palazzotto, Woodbury, MN (US);
Derek M. Maanum, St. Paul, MN (US);
Myungchan Kang, Woodbury, MN (US);
Assignee:
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 7/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G01N 27/22 (2006.01); G01N 21/78 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/0047 (2013.01); G01N 21/783 (2013.01); G01N 27/227 (2013.01); G01N 33/0018 (2013.01); G01N 33/0031 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for identifying and quantitatively analyzing an unknown organic compound in a gaseous medium. More specifically, the method provides a gas sensor array () coupled to a diluting channeling gas inlet () with a honeycomb configuration. Each sensor () in the array receives the test gas after successive dilutions. Detected gas are identified by correlating the responses of each sensor with its associated dilution.