Mass distribution analyzer

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF MEASURING INDEPENDENT OF VARIATIONS IN THE MASS PER UNIT AREA THE RELATIVE UNIFORMITY OF MASS DISTRIBUTION IN A MATERIAL OF SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT CHEMICAL COMPOSITION, WHICH COMPRISES IRRADIATING A SAMPLE OF SAID MATERIAL HAVING A STANDARD UNIFORMITY OF MASS DISTRIBUTION WITH A FIRST AND A SECOND RADIATION HAVING MUTUALLY DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS, DETECTING THE INTENSITY OF SAID RADIATIONS EMANATING FROM SAID SAMPLE, GENERATING AN ELECTRICAL SIGNAL INDICATIVE OF SAID DETECTED INTENSITY OF SAID FIRST RADIATION, GENERATING ANOTHER ELECTRICAL SIGNAL INDICATIVE OF THE DETECTED INTENSITY OF SAID SECOND RADIATION, RECORDING THE RATIO OF SAID SIGNALS; REPLACING SAID SAMPLE WITH A MATERIAL HAVING AN UNKNOWN UNIFORMITY OF MASS DISTRIBUTION AND OF SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME MASS PER UNIT AREA AND SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AS SAID SAMPLE, IRRADIATING SAID MATERIAL OF UNKNOWN MASS UNIFORMITY WITH SAID FIRST AND SECOND IRRADIATION HAVING MUTUALLY DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS, DE TECTING THE INTENSITY OF SAID RADIATION FROM SAID SAMPLE, GENERATING FIRST AND SECOND ELECTRICAL SIGNALS FROM SAID DETECTED RADIATION, AND DERIVING A RATIO FROM SAID FIRST AND SECOND SIGNALS; COMPARING SAID SAMPLE RATIO WITH SAID LAST NAMED RATIO, AND INDICATING ANY CHANGE IN SAID RATIO AS REPRESENTATIVE OF A CHANGE IN THE UNIFORMITY OF THE MASS DISTRIBUTION OF SAID MATERIAL INDEPENDENT OF VARIATIONS IN THE MASS PER UNIT AREA.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF MEASURING INDEPENDENT OF VARIATIONS IN THE MASS PER UNIT AREA THE RELATIVE UNIFORMITY OF MASS DISTRIBUTION IN A MATERIAL OF SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT CHEMICAL COMPOSITION, WHICH COMPRISES IRRADIATING A SAMPLE OF SAID MATERIAL HAVING A STANDARD UNIFORMITY OF MASS DISTRIBUTION WITH A FIRST AND A SECOND RADIATION HAVING MUTUALLY DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS, DETECTING THE INTENSITY OF SAID RADIATIONS EMANATING FROM SAID SAMPLE, GENERATING AN ELECTRICAL SIGNAL INDICATIVE OF SAID DETECTED INTENSITY OF SAID FIRST RADIATION, GENERATING ANOTHER ELECTRICAL SIGNAL INDICATIVE OF THE DETECTED INTENSITY OF SAID SECOND RADIATION, RECORDING THE RATIO OF SAID SIGNALS; REPLACING SAID SAMPLE WITH A MATERIAL HAVING AN UNKNOWN UNIFORMITY OF MASS DISTRIBUTION AND OF SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME MASS PER UNIT AREA AND SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AS SAID SAMPLE, IRRADIATING SAID MATERIAL OF UNKNOWN MASS UNIFORMITY WITH SAID FIRST AND SECOND IRRADIATION HAVING MUTUALLY DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS, DE TECTING THE INTENSITY OF SAID RADIATION FROM SAID SAMPLE, GENERATING FIRST AND SECOND ELECTRICAL SIGNALS FROM SAID DETECTED RADIATION, AND DERIVING A RATIO FROM SAID FIRST AND SECOND SIGNALS; COMPARING SAID SAMPLE RATIO WITH SAID LAST NAMED RATIO, AND INDICATING ANY CHANGE IN SAID RATIO AS REPRESENTATIVE OF A CHANGE IN THE UNIFORMITY OF THE MASS DISTRIBUTION OF SAID MATERIAL INDEPENDENT OF VARIATIONS IN THE MASS PER UNIT AREA.