摘要:
An electromagnetically operated valve for generating a fast, pulsed molecular beam is disclosed. Two axially aligned solenoids are mounted in a valve housing, the front end of which is closed by end plate having a central valve aperture. The solenoids are held in spaced apart relationship by a non-magnetic ring to define a gap between the faces of the two solenoid windings. A thin disc of magnetic material moves between the solenoid cores upon energization of first one and then the other of the windings. A small diameter non-magnetic tube extends from the center of the disc coaxially through one of the solenoid cores and terminates in a stainless steel tip which carries a valve head in the form of a short rod having a flat end. The tube is axially movable by the disc to move the valve head into and out of engagement with the end plate to close and open the valve aperture. The tube is surrounded by a metal bellows which serves to isolate it and the solenoids from a sample gas reservoir surrounding the valve head and formed by the end plate and the valve housing. The aperture in the end plate is a conical hole which serves both as a valve seat and as an expansion nozzle for the gas released by operation of the valve.The two solenoid coils are driven by suitable multivibrators which produce timed pulses to drive one solenoid to open the valve and to drive the other solenoid to close the valve, with suitable switching circuitry being provided to operate the valve at a high rate of speed.
摘要:
A hand-held material identification apparatus 10 uses a spectrograph and detector array detecting a Raman spectrum produced by a sample illuminated by a laser source to recognize a variety of materials with a command to recognition time cycle of about one second or less. The width of the spectrum detected by each detector in the array is less than ¼th the excitation source wavelength deviation to permit smoothing of the spectrum detected by the discrete spectral elements to eliminate pixel noise without loss of Raman spectral information. The Raman spectra are produced by materials illuminated by an inexpensive near-infrared multimode laser operated in a pulse mode to deliver between 0.05 and 0.5 joules of photon energy, with the Raman spectra being detected before any significant heating of the sample occurs. The identification apparatus 10 qualitatively determines the chemical composition of reinforced and unreinforced copolymers and composites such as ABS, polypropylene, talc-filled polypropylene, polycarbonate, PMMA, polyethylene, and PVC, from samples of different colors and textures with a high degree of success without the need for special positioning or sample preparation.
摘要:
Pulp and/or paper samples are scanned with a Laser Raman Spectroscopic probe, utilizing Raman spectroscopic technology, to generate Raman spectroscopic images of all or selected ones of the constituents and/or contaminants contained in the sample, to compare the same with a library of Raman spectroscopic fingerprints of known constituents and/or contaminants, and to identify and communicate data on all or selected ones of the constituents and/or contaminants for purposes of controlling the paper making process and/or determination of the quality of the paper produced.