Abstract: A method and apparatus for fluid analysis includes a sensor for determining the index of refraction of a fluid. Advanced methods of fluid analysis relate index of refraction and other measured physical characteristics of the fluid.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 21, 1996
Date of Patent:
February 9, 1999
Assignees:
C.F.C. Technology, Inc., Univ. of Alabama at Huntsville
Inventors:
Harold J. See, Kenneth D. Turner, David B. Smith, Dan L. Cooper, Gary L. Workman, David B. Purves, G. Wayne Thompson, Robert A. Mattes, Darell E. Engelhaupt