The linear particle accelerator, located at the CSM, will used to evaluate this new design. Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy. The technique can be used to provide exploration companies with precise and accurate chemical analysis in the field in real-time, resulting in major time and cost savings, according to Sollid. Using a field portable analyzer, anomalies can be followed up immediately while crews are still in the field. Lower limits of detection LLDs are element dependent, but many are sufficiently low to be useful in exploration.
LIBS analysis require little or no sample preparation.
NMR Studies of Fluid Flow. Parameters measured include not only concentration but also higher order variables of the position, such as velocity, velocity fluctuation, diffusion, and dispersion. NMR makes these measurements along directions defined by magnetic field gradients so anisotropies of parameters can be measured. When combined with imaging, traditional NMR can yield spatial dependence of heterogeneities of these anisotropies. However, according to LANL's Sandip Ghosal, a more realistic situation is the partially premixed regime, where the composition of the mixture varies continuously from pure fuel to pure oxidizer, as in the example of a fuel jet in an oxidizing atmosphere.