Device and method for determining a material composition of a pipe

A method of determining a presence of lead in a material composition of a pipe, the method comprising:

• inserting a probe having an oscillator circuit into an interior cavity of a pipe;
• emitting, via the oscillator circuit, electromagnetic radiation into the interior cavity;
• determining resonant electromagnetic frequency measurement data indicative of a resonant electromagnetic frequency of the oscillator circuit in an inserted state in which the probe has been inserted into the interior cavity;
• analyzing the resonant electromagnetic frequency measurement data and an additional measurement, selected from the group consisting of (i) a measurement of power dissipation of the oscillator circuit in the inserted state and (ii) an interior diameter of the pipe, to determine a positive or negative indication of whether lead is present in the material composition of the pipe;
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• outputting the positive or negative indication of whether lead is present in the material composition of the pipe.

A device for determining a presence of lead in a material composition of a pipe, the device comprising:

• means for inserting an oscillator circuit into an interior cavity of a pipe;
• means for emitting electromagnetic radiation into the interior cavity via the oscillator circuit;
• means for determining resonant electromagnetic frequency measurement data indicative of a resonant electromagnetic frequency of the oscillator circuit in an inserted state in which the oscillator circuit has been inserted into the interior cavity;
• means for analyzing the resonant electromagnetic frequency measurement data and an additional measurement, selected from the group consisting of (i) a measurement of power dissipation of the oscillator circuit in the inserted state and (ii) an interior diameter of the pipe, to determine a positive or negative indication of whether lead is present in the material composition of the pipe;
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• means for outputting the positive or negative indication of whether lead is present in the material composition of the pipe.