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Electrode holder useful in a corrosion testing device

US4606891A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 28, 1984
Grant dateAug 19, 1986
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Expiry dateJun 28, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N17/02
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for holding one or more test electrodes of precisely known exposed surface area. The present invention is particularly useful in a device for determining the corrosion properties of the materials from which the test electrodes have been formed. The present invention relates to a device and method for holding the described electrodes wherein the exposed surface area of the electrodes is only infinitesimally decreased. Further, in the present invention the exposed, electrically conductive surface area of the contact devices is small relative to the test electrode surface area. The holder of the present invention conveniently comprises a device for contacting and engaging each test electrode at two point contacts infinitesimally small in relation to the exposed surface area of the electrodes.

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