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Gas sensor

US4661320A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 2, 1984
Grant dateApr 28, 1987
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Expiry dateAug 2, 2004

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N21/783
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A gas sensor comprising a device by which photo absorption is changed in the presence of hydrogen gas or hydrogen containing compound gas and an optical detecting means for detecting the change of photo absorption. The device is provided in the form of a laminate made of a metal adsorbing and dissociating hydrogen or hydrogen containing compound gas and a solid compound which is reduced by hydrogen atoms produced in the metal to change photo absorption.

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