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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2017
Applicant:
Commissariat a L'energie Atomique ET Aux Energies Alternatives, Paris, FR;
Inventors:
Vivian Aubert, Grenoble, FR;
Myriam-Laure Cubizolles, Corenc, FR;
Cedric Poulain, Grenoble, FR;
Maxime Huet, Grenoble, FR;
David Rabaud, Grenoble, FR;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/17 (2006.01); G01N 1/44 (2006.01); G01N 21/51 (2006.01); G01N 33/49 (2006.01); G01N 21/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/1717 (2013.01); G01N 1/44 (2013.01); G01N 21/03 (2013.01); G01N 21/51 (2013.01); G01N 33/49 (2013.01); G01N 2021/1723 (2013.01); G01N 2021/1761 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention is a method for characterizing a liquid sample, said liquid sample containing particles, the method comprising the following steps: The method comprises, prior to step c), applying an acoustic wave to the sample, said acoustic wave forming pressure nodes and pressure antinodes in the sample, so as to separate, in the latter, a poor portion, poor in particles, and rich portion, rich in particles, such that, in step c), the sample is characterized: