Electrolytic conductivity detector
US3934193A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 17, 1973 |
| Grant date | Jan 20, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 17, 1993 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2030/8405
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An electrolytic conductivity detector is disclosed that is particularly useful for gas chromatography. Small gas molecules that will support conductivity are conducted to a gas-liquid contactor where the gas is mixed with a solvent to form a heterogeneous gas-liquid mixture. The gas-liquid mixture is thereafter directed to a unitized gas-liquid separator-conductivity cell where liquid phase is separated from gas phase and separated liquid phase utilized for conductivity measurement. The preferred embodiment of the unitized gas-liquid separator-conductivity cell includes an inner electrode tube extending upwardly into a larger diameter bore of a metallic outer electrode block, the portion between the block and upper portion of the tube forming a liquid phase reservoir with the liquid phase in the reservoir being utilized for conductivity measurement while between the two electrodes. Three alternate embodiments of a unitized separator-conductivity cell are disclosed as is a gas-liquid separator and separate conductivity cell. The overall system is small and compact, yet rugged, and is particularly well suited for selective detection of nitrogen, halogen and sulfur containing compound…
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