Published May 9, 1985 | Version v1
Patent

Cargo detection/identification

Description

A radio-actively treated metal plate is attached to a load and the radio-active strength measured. Later measuring of the radio-active strength from outside the container for the load, indicates presence of the load and comparison of the first and later measurements can be used to indicate age and/or type of load. (author)

Availability note (English)

Available from the Patent Office, 25 Southampton Buildings, London, WC2A 1AY.

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
2 p.
IPC:
Int. Cl. G09f3/00.
IPC
Int. Cl. G09f3/00.
Patent number
GB patent document 2147265/A/

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
17006697
Subject category
S07: ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
CONTAINERS; GEIGER-MUELLER COUNTERS; HALF-LIFE; ISOTOPE DATING; MATERIALS HANDLING; PLATES; RADIOACTIVITY; REMOTE HANDLING; SPECIFICATIONS; TRANSPORT
Descriptors DEC
AGE ESTIMATION; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATION DETECTORS

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
GB priority 8325987.