Patent ID: 8575548
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: G01N,G01V,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for analyzing a transport of plasmonic particles through a mineral formation comprising an immobile phase, wherein the method comprises: (a) dissolving or suspending plasmonic particles in a mobile phase to form a plasmonic particles solution; (b) flowing the plasmonic particles solution through the immobile phase; (c) determining an absorbance of the plasmonic particles solution, wherein the determining occurs subsequent to flowing the plasmonic particles solution through the immobile phase; (d) comparing the determined absorbance of the plasmonic particles solution with an absorbance of the plasmonic particles solution determined previous to flowing the plasmonic particles solution through the immobile phase; and (e) determining an absorbance of the plasmonic particles to the immobile phase as a function of the comparison of the determined absorbance of the plasmonic particles solution with the absorbance of the plasmonic particles solution determined previous to flowing the plasmonic particles solution through the immobile phase.