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Gas-sensing material

US4045764A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 10, 1975
Grant dateAug 30, 1977
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Expiry dateOct 10, 1995

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01C17/06546
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A gas-sensing material for detecting the presence particularly of hydrocarbon gases which is characterized by being formed of a sinter containing 20 to 99.85 mol % of ZnO, 0.1 to 50 mol % of MgO and 0.05 to 30 mol % of Me.sub.2 O.sub.3 (Me denotes at least one element selected from the group consisting of gallium (Ga), boron (B), indium (In), iron (Fe), aluminium (Al) and chromium (Cr)), or another sinter prepared by blending 0.01 to 10% by weight of platinum (Pt) to the above-mentioned composition.

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