Does anyone know anything about gas tracers?
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Does anyone know about gas tracers? Preferably those that are fluorescent, visible under daylight or with special glasses
I haven’t come across this before; could the original poster please explain it?:victory:
Ordinary gases do not exhibit fluorescence, as fluorescence is a phenomenon that requires excitation to occur. However, the tracer gas can be selected as needed; for example, sulfur hexafluoride is a very heavy gas, and its density can be used to make a judgment ； Adding a gas with chemical properties, such as an acidic or basic gas, to a gas mixture that lacks chemical activity is also an aspect of tracing through chemical detection ； Add a trace amount of flammable gas to an inert gas, and detect it using a flammable gas detector ； Gases with special odors can be added to odorless gases, such as adding a small amount of sulfide to natural gas. These are all tracing methods. Also, are you interested in the OP’s “special eyes”? Aren’t it your own eyes, or the eyes of an animal? Then that animal needs to be given special training.
I’m very interested in learning about the “tracer” mentioned by the original poster; it’s the first time I’ve heard of it. Could the poster please explain it to me so I can learn more about it?
I was exposed to tracers while working in oil fields. In such fields, there are wells from which oil is extracted, as well as wells into which water is injected underground (for the purpose of pushing oil forward and preventing settlement). Tracers are used to determine the connectivity between oil wells and water wells. ------------------------------- Tracers can be radioactive elements, or ions that are not commonly found in the geological strata (such as Br-). These are injected into the water wells, and then the water produced by the oil wells is tested regularly (once or twice a day), since what comes out of oil wells is a mixture of oil and water). This allows analysts to determine how long it takes for the water to reach the oil wells, as well as the impact of this water on the oil content in the wells