Technology News 478


Technology News 478 - Apparatus for Measuring the Gas Content of Coal or Rock Core Samples

August 1999

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Describes the design of an apparatus that advances the state of the art in gas content testing equipment. The goal of the design is to incorporate improvements in testing sensitivity/accuracy, durability, and ease of operation over existing equipment. It is also desirable for the new design to successfully perform gas content determinations of multiple chemical species from a rock sample.

Author(s):Schatzel-SJ, Garcia-F
Reference:Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NIOSH, Technology News 478, 1999 Aug; :1-2

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