Apparatus and method for measuring the mass of a substance

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PATENT NO 7171844
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11352610

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An apparatus for measuring the mass of a substance includes a sensor having a membrane layer, the membrane for receiving the substance thereon, an oscillator device for driving the membrane at a reference resonant frequency, a frequency detection device for determining a change in the reference resonant frequency caused by the presence of the substance on the membrane, and a mass determining device for determining the mass of the substance, the change in the reference resonant frequency being indicative of the mass of the substance.

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THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INCCAMBRIDGE MASSACHUSETTS 02139

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Cunningham, Brian T Lexington, MA 91 2682
Williams, John R Lexington, MA 170 3312

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