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Post by jmav67 on Jun 21, 2005 13:41:27 GMT -5
HazMat Group,
With the prevelance of new and/or commonly used technologies for identifying liquid and solid chemicals (HazCat, 5-Step, Infra-red, xRf, and Raman) I belive it to be in the best interest of the group to at least put the technologies into general categories on the firescope list and not refer to any one company's technology.
Additionally, I think it would be wise to adopt a set of general specifications or technology requirements as opposed to placing a reference to a specific piece of equipment. Consider functional specs as opposed to a general technology applications (i.e. HazMatID under Infra-red). Specifications may include rugged standards based on Mil-Spec 810F.
There are a number of technologies for liquid and solid ID for example:
Infra-red Spectroscopy Raman Spectroscopy XRF
Basically, Raman and IR vibrate molecules based on covalent bonds, but cannot identify radiation, metals, pure elements, and ionic-bond only substances. So as a general category it seems to make sense to put the Raman and IR into the liquid and solid identification catagory for what they can do: ID chemicals that have covalent bonds. XRF, for example, will do lead in paint, etc. IR can be used for gas identification however it is based on the vibration of molecules and has the same limitations as liquid and solids techniques do.
Please let me know if I can be of any assistance.
Sincerely, John P Johnson
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Post by robertseitz on Jun 30, 2005 9:04:56 GMT -5
Hi John I will take your comments to the HM Specialist Group meeting today. I will contact you with more information soon. Kelly Seitz Chair
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