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Ames
Research Center
1989 and 1995
Phase II
Ion Mobility
Spectrometer
PCP, Inc.
West Palm Beach, FL
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INNOVATION
Detection and identification of extremely
low concentrations (down to 10**-14 moles per second) of hydrocarbons
by ionization then electronically measuring the ion signals and drift
times.
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- PCP demonstrated the sensitivity
of the Ion Mobility Spectrometer IMS) to analyze aliphatic hydrocarbons
at concentrations down to 10**-14 moles per second, the first time
that such low levels of these hydrocarbons have been measured.
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COMMERCIALIZATION
- Third IMS have been sold to
various companies to measure air pollutants and to serve as detector
of certain hazardous hydrocarbons. The total revenue from
these sales totals $780K
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GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE
APPLICATIONS
- The SETI Institute awarded a
$37K contract to develop a similar ion mobility spectrometer.
The IMS technology was included in a major flight experiment proposals,
the mini-Cometary Ice and Dust Experiment (m-CIDEX) during the Cometary
Coma Chemical Composition Mission.
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