Article: Connecticut, Massachusetts Inventors Develop Toxic Chemical Substances Multigas Detection System

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 11 -- Martin L. Spartz of Ellington, Conn., and Vidi Saptari of Cambridge, Mass., have developed a toxic chemical multigas monitoring spectrometer.

According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spectroscopic detection system is described for monitoring ambient air for toxic chemical substances. The system can be a compact, portable multiple gas analyzer capable of detecting and discriminating a broad range of chemical constituents including various nerve and blister agents as well as toxic industrial chemicals at low or sub part per billion levels. The system minimizes false alarms (e.g., false positives or negatives), features high specificity, and can ...

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