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Anemometer having a graphite fiber hot wire

US4648271A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 9, 1985
Grant dateMar 10, 1987
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Expiry dateDec 9, 2005

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01P5/12
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A hot-wire anemometer includes a graphite fiber hot wire forming one arm of a resistance bridge. Graphite fibers have high tensile strengths, relatively high temperature coefficients of resistance and other thermal and electrical properties which make them particularly suitable for use as anemometer hot wires. The graphite fibers may be doped or intercalated with chemical species that adjust their thermal and electrical properties.

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