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Solid electrolyte for use in oxygen concentration sensor

US4328295A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 5, 1981
Grant dateMay 4, 1982
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Expiry dateFeb 5, 2001

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E60/50
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A solid electrolyte for an oxygen concentration sensor is provided by mixing ZrO.sub.2 and about 7.5 to 8.5% by mol of a stabilizer such as Y.sub.2 O.sub.3, grinding the mixture to have a BET specific surface are of about 9 to 20 m.sup.2 /g, adding to the ground mixture a forming aid, forming the mixture into a predetermined configuration and firing the formed mixture at about 1420.degree. to 1520.degree. C. The electrolyte has a surface-average grain size of about 5 microns or less and a structure of a cubic phase alone at the surface thereof and even in a finely ground state.

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