Resin 'ID gun' helps reclaim military waste. (Keeping Up With Recycling).The first two commercial models of a portable resin identifying system will be delivered later this year to the Idaho National Engineering & Environmental Laboratory in Idaho Falls, Idaho Idaho Falls is the county seat and largest city of Bonneville County, Idaho, United States.GR6 As of the 2000 Census the population of Idaho Falls was 50,730, with a metro population of 116,980. (2006 estimate: 52,786)[1]. . They will be used to identify plastics for recycling of obsolete military equipment. The "Scout" from Spectra-Code Inc., West Lafayette West Lafayette, city (1990 pop. 25,907), Tippecanoe co., W Ind., a suburb of Lafayette, on the Wabash River; inc. 1924. A primarily residential city, it is the seat of Purdue Univ. , Ind., has a hand-held, "point-and-shoot" probe that uses Raman vibrational spectroscopy spectroscopy Branch of analysis devoted to identifying elements and compounds and elucidating atomic and molecular structure by measuring the radiant energy absorbed or emitted by a substance at characteristic wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum (including gamma ray, to distinguish up to 25 different polymers. It can even tell black HIPS from ABS (Automatic Backup System) See backup program. . SpectraCode, a technology development company in Purdue University's Research Park, first launched a bigger version of the Raman probe in 1998. It was attached to a large cabinet of electronics and cost $75,000. A 10-lb, battery-operated Scout prototype came out two years ago. Now the first commercial Scout ($55,000) includes a small Sony laptop. Tel: (765) 494-9006, www.spectracode.com |
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