Fast nondestructive method to evaluate the curative system of rubber goods
AssigneesCNPC USA Corporation, Beijing Huamei, Inc., China National Petroleum Corporation
InventorsScott Meng, Timothy Dunne, Yang Fang, Huailiang Liu
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Abstract
The patent application discloses a method for nondestructively determining information of an element disposed within a polymer body comprising a cure system extending continuously throughout. The method comprises the steps of directing x-rays onto a surface of the body, wherein the x-rays are directed through the body, and wherein target atoms in the cure system of the polymer body emit x-ray fluorescence; and receiving the x-ray fluorescence and determining composition information of the cure system within the body.
Claims20
A method for nondestructively determining information of an element disposed within a polymer body comprising a cure system extending continuously throughout, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- directing x-rays onto a surface of the body, wherein the x-rays are directed through the body, and wherein target atoms in the cure system of the polymer body emit x-ray fluorescence;
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- receiving the x-ray fluorescence and determining composition information of the cure system within the body.
A method for nondestructively obtaining measurement information of target atoms disposed within polymeric materials comprising a cure system extending continuously throughout, the method comprising the steps of:
- directing x-ray energy onto a surface of the polymeric materials, wherein the x-ray energy passes to the target atoms in the cure system to emit fluorescence;
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- receiving the fluorescence and determining the measurement information of the target atoms therefrom.
A method for nondestructively examining a cure system of a polymeric materials having the cure system extending therethrough, the method comprising:
- directing x-ray energy onto a surface of the polymeric materials, wherein the x-ray energy passes to one or more target atoms in the construction, and wherein the one or more target atoms emit fluorescence;
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- receiving the fluorescence and from it examining information relating to a percentage of the target atoms within the polymeric materials.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.