发明名称 Spectral method for determining the source of expanded vermiculite insulation in attics and walls
摘要 A method for identifying the source of vermiculite insulation in situ using a portable spectrometer with a light-emitting contact probe and a personal computer. Identification is accomplished using NIR reflectance spectroscopy and absorption band depth ratios to differentiate between vermiculite sources and to test for the presence of amphibole, talc, or serpentine contaminants in vermiculite insulation.
申请公布号 US8751169(B1) 申请公布日期 2014.06.10
申请号 US201113247682 申请日期 2011.09.28
申请人 The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Department of the Interior 发明人 Swayze Gregg A.;Lowers Heather A.;Clark Roger N.
分类号 G01N31/00;C04B14/20;C04B14/38 主分类号 G01N31/00
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. A method of identifying a source of a vermiculite sample in situ, comprising: providing a plurality of source area classes, the source area classes comprising Class 1, Class 2, Class 3, Class 4, and Class 5; determining compositional field boundaries for each source area class, from spectral measurements of vermiculite materials of known origin, according to band depth ratios for absorption bands centered at 1.38 and 2.32 microns, each source area class having a range of 1.38/2.32-micron band depth ratios, the range of each source area class comprising: Class 1: 0.0000-0.0005,Class 2: 0.0005-0.0106,Class 3: 0.0106-0.0418,Class 4: 0.0418-0.0657,Class 5: 0.0657-0.1200; obtaining a plurality of near infrared reflectance spectral measurements at a plurality of locations within a sample of unknown origin; obtaining an average of the spectral measurements of the sample; calculating band depths of the averaged spectral measurements for absorption bands centered at wavelengths of 1.38, 1.40, 1.42, 2.24, 2.32, and 2.38 microns; calculating band depth ratios for the 1.38- and 2.32-micron absorption bands (1.38/2.32 ratio), the 2.24- and 2.38-micron absorption bands (2.24/2.38 ratio), and the 1.40- and 1.42-micron absorption bands (1.40/1.42 ratio); identifying the source of the sample by comparing the 1.38/2.32 ratio of the sample to the range of 1.38/2.32 ratios of each source area class to determine into which source area class the sample fits to arrive at a classification result; and representing the classification result to a user.
地址 Washington DC US