An Inverse Analysis Approach to the Characterization of Chemical Transport in PaintsMatthew P. Willis 1, Shawn M. Stevenson 1, Thomas P. Pearl 2, Brent A. Mantooth 1
1Decontamination Sciences Branch, U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, 2OptiMetrics, Inc., a DCS Company
In this paper, a procedure for quantifying the mass transport parameters of chemicals in various materials is presented. This process involves employing an inverse-analysis based diffusion model to vapor emission profiles recorded by real-time, mass spectrometry in high vacuum.
