Determination of argon-filled insulated glass window seal failure by spectroscopic detection of oxygen

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 983-988

  Kebabian, Paul L ^a   Romano, Richard R ^a   Freedman, Andrew ^a  

^a AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Insulated glass window; Oxygen detection; Seal failure; Spectroscopic; Zeeman tuning

Indexed keywords

ARGON; DEMODULATION; DISCHARGE LAMPS; ELECTROMAGNETS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL SENSORS;

GLASS WINDOWS;

OPTICAL GLASS;

ARGON; DETECTION METHOD; INSULATION; OXYGEN; SPECTROSCOPY; WINDOW;

EID: 0037997416     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/14/7/311     Document Type: Article

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