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US 2008/0085221 A1Published application
High throughput mechanical alloying and screening
AssigneeWildcat Discovery Technologies, Inc.
InventorRobert Downs
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Abstract
The invention provides an apparatus and methods for high throughput screening of alloys and other materials to identify those that have desired gas storage properties.
Claims23
A gas storage assay cap for a multiwell plate, which gas storage assay cap comprises a bottom surface and a second surface, wherein the assay cap further comprises:
- (a) a plurality of gas conduits that each have a first opening on the bottom surface and a second opening in the second surface of the assay cap, wherein the first openings of the gas conduits are spatially arranged such that each gas conduit is in fluid communication with a sample well of a multiwell plate when the assay cap is attached to a component of a multiwell ball milling fixture selected from the group consisting of:
- (1) a multiwell plate that comprises a plurality of sample wells;
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- (2) a multiwell plate lid that is attached to a multiwell plate and comprises a plurality of gas outlet ports that are each in fluid communication with a sample well of the multiwell plate;
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- (b) a pressure sensor in fluid communication with the second opening of at least one of the gas conduits.
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A high throughput gas storage assay device, the device comprising:
- (a) a multiwell plate that comprises a plurality of sample wells;
- (b) a multiwell plate lid that is attached to the multiwell plate and comprises a plurality of gas outlet ports that are in fluid communication with a sample well of the multiwell plate;
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- (c) a gas storage assay cap that comprises a top surface and a bottom surface that defines a planar expanse sufficient to cover the gas outlet ports of the multiwell plate lid when the assay cap is positioned on the lid, wherein the assay cap comprises a plurality of gas conduits that are positioned such that at least one conduit in the cap is in fluid communication an associated gas outlet port in the multiwell plate lid.
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