US Patent:
20020033944, Mar 21, 2002
Inventors:
Clay Sharts - San Diego CA, US
Vladimir Gorelik - Moscow, RU
C. Borgerding - San Diego CA, US
Assignee:
San Diego State University, California corporation
International Classification:
G01J003/44
G01N021/65
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for determination of fluoroorganic compounds in liquid, gaseous, or crystalline or amorphous solids is based on the detection of carbon-halogen bonds by laser Raman spectroscopy. The method and apparatus provide a general method for detecting and determination of halooorganic compounds. The method and apparatus are applicable in the pharmaceutical industry, in fluorinated drug research and manufacturing; in the medical and clinical studies of the effects of fluoroorganic compounds; in the environmental and agricultural studies and screening, in the analysis of water, soils and air contaminated with fluoroorganic compounds.