Accession Number:

ADA278263

Title:

Ultraviolet Absorption Spectrometry (UVAS) and Liquid Atomic Emission Spectrometry (LAES.

Descriptive Note:

Contractor rept.

Corporate Author:

BIOTRONICS TECHNOLOGIES INC WAUKESHA WI

Personal Author(s):

• Schlager, Kenneth J.
• Wilson, Monica A.

Report Date:

1994-02-10

Pagination or Media Count:

91.0

Abstract:

The Ultraviolet Absorption Spectrometry UVAS and Liquid Atomic Emission SpectrometryLAES for Oceanographic Analysis Systems project was a four-phase project that covered over 20 months from May 22, 1992 to February 10, 1994. Under contract with the Naval Research Laboratory at Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, Biotronics Technologies, Inc., worked to design, build, and test an on-line spectrophotometer capable of real-time, reagentless chemical analysis of ocean and bay waters. More specifically, the project had three objectives. First, to determine spectral parameters of nutrients and selected metals, first in pure distilled water and then in ocean and bay water, and to use this information to predict analyte concentrations and determine design parameters for the deliverable instrument. Second, to design, construct, and test the hardware and software for the deliverable instrument. And finally, to test the instrument on board a Navy test vessel in actual field conditions and determine the accuracy of analyte concentration predictions. Tactical oceanography, Dynamical oceanography, Physical oceanography.

Descriptors:

• *SPECTROMETRY
• *ABSORPTION
• *OCEANOGRAPHY
• *ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS
• *SPECTROPHOTOMETERS
• TEST AND EVALUATION
• EMISSION
• METALS
• PREDICTIONS
• REAL TIME
• NUTRIENTS
• OCEANS
• DISTILLED WATER
• BAYS
• ATOMIC STRUCTURE
• TACTICAL INTELLIGENCE
• FIELD CONDITIONS
• CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
• TIME
• PHASE
• LIQUIDS
• PARAMETERS
• WATER
• NAVY
• ACCURACY

Subject Categories:

• Physical Chemistry
• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
• Marine Engineering
• Optics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE