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Method for measuring permeability of a material

US5513515A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 15, 1995
Grant dateMay 7, 1996
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Expiry dateMay 15, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N15/0826
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for measuring the permeability of a gas through a material, wherein the steps include exposing the material to the gas to be measured and measuring the outgassing characteristics of the material over increments of time, to develop exponential expressions representative of the measured amounts, and solving the exponential expressions for the diffusion coefficient D and the solubility coefficient S; and then calculating the permeability of the material by forming the product of the diffusion coefficient D and the solubility coefficient S.

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