# US 12,181,402 B2 · Corrosive environment monitoring device and corrosive environment monitoring method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,181,402 B2 - Document ID: US12181402B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/918,142 - Filed: 2021-02-16 - Published: 2023-05-04 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2020-04-22 - Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd. - Applicants: Hitachi, Ltd. - Inventors: Rintarou Minamitani - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12181402B2 ## CPC - G01N 17/04: Corrosion probes - G01N 17/006: {of metals} - G01N 17/008: {Monitoring fouling} - G01N 17/043: {Coupons} - G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q) ## Abstract A corrosive environment monitoring device that suppresses a decline in measurement precision in an initial period of monitoring the corrosivity of an environment and measures the corrosivity of the environment continuously and with high precision over a long period of time. The corrosive environment monitoring device includes: a layered body having an insulating plate, a base metal thin film that is formed on the insulating plate and is corrosion resistant with respect to a corrosive substance, and a sensing metal thin film that is formed on the base metal thin film and is corrosion susceptible with respect to the corrosive substance; and a housing that encloses the layered body, has an opening oriented in a side face direction, and forms a gas passage inside for the corrosive substance, wherein the sensing metal thin film is formed in a limited region on the base metal thin film. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A corrosive environment monitoring device comprising: a laminated body including an insulation plate, a base metal thin film, and a sensing metal thin film, the base metal thin film being formed on the insulation plate and being resistant to corrosion by a corrosive substance, the sensing metal thin film being formed on the base metal thin film and being susceptible to corrosion by the corrosive substance; and a case containing the laminated body, including an opening portion in a side surface direction, and forming a gas passage for the corrosive substance in the inside, wherein the sensing metal thin film is formed in a partial area on the base metal thin film, wherein a coating thin film is formed in the sensing metal thin film on the opening portion side of the sensing metal thin film. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The corrosive environment monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein the partial area is two long side portions formed from the opening portion side toward the back side of the gas passage with the exception of a short side portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The corrosive environment monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein an acute portion is formed on the opening portion side of the sensing metal thin film. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The corrosive environment monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein a distal end portion is formed on the opening portion side of the base metal thin film and the sensing metal thin film formed in a partial area of the insulation plate, the distal end portion having a narrower width of the base metal thin film and the sensing metal thin film compared to an area on the back side of the gas passage. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The corrosive environment monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein a cross-sectional area of the gas passage formed in an area on the opening portion side is larger compared to a cross-sectional area of the gas passage formed in an area on the back side of the gas passage. ### Claim 6 A corrosive environment monitoring method comprising steps of: using a corrosive environment monitoring device including a laminated body and a case, the laminated body including an insulation plate, a base metal thin film, and a sensing metal thin film, the base metal thin film being formed on the insulation plate and being resistant to corrosion by a corrosive substance, the sensing metal thin film being formed on the base metal thin film and being susceptible to corrosion by the corrosive substance, the case containing the laminated body, including an opening portion in a side surface direction, and forming a gas passage for the corrosive substance in the inside; and measuring a degree of corrosion in the environment, wherein the sensing metal thin film is formed in a partial area of the base metal thin film, and accelerates an extension rate of an area where a corrosion product is produced in the partial area, wherein an acute portion is formed on the opening portion side of the sensing metal thin film. ### Claim 7 A corrosive environment monitoring device comprising: a laminated body including an insulation plate, a base metal thin film, and a sensing metal thin film, the base metal thin film being formed on the insulation plate and being resistant to corrosion by a corrosive substance, the sensing metal thin film being formed on the base metal thin film and being susceptible to corrosion by the corrosive substance; and a case containing the laminated body, including an opening portion in a side surface direction, and forming a gas passage for the corrosive substance in the inside, wherein the sensing metal thin film is formed in a partial area on the base metal thin film, wherein a distal end portion is formed on the opening portion side of the base metal thin film and the sensing metal thin film formed in a partial area of the insulation plate, the distal end portion having a narrower width of the base metal thin film and the sensing metal thin film compared to an area on the back side of the gas passage.