Rapid gas analysis

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF DETERMINING THE OXYGEN, HYDROGEN AND NITROGEN CONTENT OF A METAL COMPRISING HEATING A KNOWN QUANITY OF SAID METAL IN A SUBSTANTIAL VACUUM AT A SUFFICIENTLY HIGH TEMPERATURE TO DRIVE OFF THE GASES OXYGEN, HYDROGEN AND NITROGEN FROM SAID METAL WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY EXPOSING SAID OXYGEN TO CARBON SA AS TO CONVERT SAID OXYGEN TO CARBON MONOXIDE, TRANSFERRING SAID GASES TO A KNOWN VOLUME AREA THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY VOID OF CONTAMINATING ATMOSPHERE, MEASURING THE TOTAL PRESSURE OF THE GASES PRESENT IN SAID KNOWN VOLUME AREA, OF EXPOSING SAID GASES TO A SELECTIVE CATALYST TO CONVERT SAID CARBON MONOXIDE TO CARBON DIOXIDE WITHOUT AFFECTING SAID HYDROGEN OR NITROGEN WHILE MAINTAINING AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID KNOWN VOLUMNE AREA AT A TEMPERATURE AT WHICH CARBON DIOXIDE WILL FREEZE SA THAT SUBSTANTIALLY ALL THE CARBON DIOXIDE PRESENT WILL CRYSTALLIZED OUT, MEASURING THE CARBON TOTAL PRESSURE OF THE REMAINING GASES IN SAID KNOWN VOLUME AREA, THE LOSS IN PRESSURE BEING A MEASURE OF THE OXYGEN CONTENT OF SAID METAL, EXPOSING SAID REMAINING GASES TO A CATALYST THAT WILL CONVERT SAID HYDROGEN TO WATER WHILE MAINTAINING AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID KNOWN VOLUME AREA AT A TEMPERATURE AT WHICH WATER WILL FREEZE SO THAT SUBSTANTIALLY ALL THE WATER WILL CRYSSTALLIZE OUT, AND MEASURING THE PRESSURE OF THE REMAINING GAS IN SAID KNOWN VOLUME AREA, THE LOSS IN PRESSURE BEING A MEASURE OF THE HYDROGEN CONTENT OF SAID METAL AND SAID PRESSURE OF THE REMAINING GAS IN SAID KNOWN VOLUME AREA BEING A MEASURE OF THE NITROGEN CONTENT OF SAID METAL.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF DETERMINING THE OXYGEN, HYDROGEN AND NITROGEN CONTENT OF A METAL COMPRISING HEATING A KNOWN QUANITY OF SAID METAL IN A SUBSTANTIAL VACUUM AT A SUFFICIENTLY HIGH TEMPERATURE TO DRIVE OFF THE GASES OXYGEN, HYDROGEN AND NITROGEN FROM SAID METAL WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY EXPOSING SAID OXYGEN TO CARBON SA AS TO CONVERT SAID OXYGEN TO CARBON MONOXIDE, TRANSFERRING SAID GASES TO A KNOWN VOLUME AREA THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY VOID OF CONTAMINATING ATMOSPHERE, MEASURING THE TOTAL PRESSURE OF THE GASES PRESENT IN SAID KNOWN VOLUME AREA, OF EXPOSING SAID GASES TO A SELECTIVE CATALYST TO CONVERT SAID CARBON MONOXIDE TO CARBON DIOXIDE WITHOUT AFFECTING SAID HYDROGEN OR NITROGEN WHILE MAINTAINING AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID KNOWN VOLUMNE AREA AT A TEMPERATURE AT WHICH CARBON DIOXIDE WILL FREEZE SA THAT SUBSTANTIALLY ALL THE CARBON DIOXIDE PRESENT WILL CRYSTALLIZED OUT, MEASURING THE CARBON TOTAL PRESSURE OF THE REMAINING GASES IN SAID KNOWN VOLUME AREA, THE LOSS IN PRESSURE BEING A MEASURE OF THE OXYGEN CONTENT OF SAID METAL, EXPOSING SAID REMAINING GASES TO A CATALYST THAT WILL CONVERT SAID HYDROGEN TO WATER WHILE MAINTAINING AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID KNOWN VOLUME AREA AT A TEMPERATURE AT WHICH WATER WILL FREEZE SO THAT SUBSTANTIALLY ALL THE WATER WILL CRYSSTALLIZE OUT, AND MEASURING THE PRESSURE OF THE REMAINING GAS IN SAID KNOWN VOLUME AREA, THE LOSS IN PRESSURE BEING A MEASURE OF THE HYDROGEN CONTENT OF SAID METAL AND SAID PRESSURE OF THE REMAINING GAS IN SAID KNOWN VOLUME AREA BEING A MEASURE OF THE NITROGEN CONTENT OF SAID METAL.