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US 4,228,400 AGranted
Conductometric gas analysis cell
AssigneeResearch Corporation
InventorsStanley Bruckenstein, Gregory A. Martinchek
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Abstract
A conductometric gas analysis cell comprised of a porous Teflon membrane supporting interdigited electrodes separates a thin layer of deionized water from a gas phase to be analyzed. Volatile species in the gas phase pass through the membrane and increase the conductance of the water which results in increased current flow between the interdigited electrodes.
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A conductometric gas analysis apparatus, comprising:
- a conductivity cell;
- and said conductiviy cell comprises a gas permeable membrane having a liquid side and a gas side;
- a first electrode on said liquid side;
- a second electrode on said liquid side and spaced from the first electrode;
- a liquid chamber means for applying and renewing a thin film of liquid over said gas permeable membrane liquid side and said first and second electrodes, a gas chamber means associated with the gas side of the gas permeable membrane, liquid inlet and outlet means for said liquid chamber means, gas inlet means for said gas chamber means, and means for continuously supplying a liquid to the liquid inlet and a gas to be analyzed to the gas inlet.
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A conductometric gas analysis apparatus, comprising:
- a conductivity cell;
- and said conductivity cell comprises a gas porous membrane having a liquid side and a gas side;
- a first electrode supported on said gas porous membrane liquid side;
- a second electrode supported on said gas porous membrane liquid side and spaced from the first electrode;
- a water chamber means for applying a thin film of water over said gas porous membrane liquid side and said first and second electrodes;
- and a gas chamber means for applying a gas to be analyzed to said gas porous membrane gas side, wherein said first and said second electrodes incorporate a plurality of interdigited elements.
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A conductometric gas analysis apparatus, comprising:
- a conductivity cell;
- and said conductivity cell comprises a gas permeable membrane having a liquid side and a gas side;
- a first electrode on said liquid side;
- a second electrode on said liquid side and spaced from the first electrode;
- a liquid chamber means for applying a thin film of liquid over said gas permeable membrane liquid side and said first and second electrodes, and a gas absorbent for said apparatus, said gas absorbent selected from the group consisting of activated charcoal treated with sodium bisulfate, activated charcoal treated with sodium bicarbonate, firebrick treated with brucine sulfate in sulfuric acid and firebrick treated with basic absorbants.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.