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Linear electrochemical conductor element

US6103075A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 26, 1998
Grant dateAug 15, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 26, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N27/302
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention pertains to linear electrochemical functional elements which have strip-shaped ion-exchange membranes (IEMs) and/or hydrogen-diffusion electrodes accessible at the ends which are enclosed on all sides in an insulating manner by a jacket of a solid material. The invention describes the structure, production, and use of the functional elements in electrochemical measuring techniques. In one embodiment, a charge state indicator is created by the incorporation of a lead/lead sulfate half-cell into a lead/lead oxide cell. This coupling takes place via a linear functional element in the form of an installed ion-exchanger membrane. It makes it possible to measure three voltage values on the cell and to evaluate them in order to determine the current charge state by conventional methods.

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