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Controlled sensitivity monitoring devices

US4158958A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 9, 1978
Grant dateJun 26, 1979
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Expiry dateJun 9, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N33/0011
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A controlled sensitivity device for measuring the amount of a selected component in fluid mixture is disclosed. A collecting layer is disposed within a chamber into which the fluid mixture is allowed to diffuse. Sensitivity of the device is controlled by varying the ratio of the chamber entrance area to the frontal surface area of the collecting layer and the shape of the chamber to cause divergence of convergence of molecules within the chamber.

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