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Title: Cleaning method and apparatus

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5620144

A method of very thoroughly and quikcly cleaning a guaze electrode used in chemical analyses is given, as well as an automobile cleaning apparatus which makes use of the method. The method generates very little waste solution, and this is very important in analyzing radioactive materials, especially in aqueous solutions. The cleaning apparatus can be used in a larger, fully automated controlled potential coulometric apparatus. About 99.98% of a 5 mg plutonium sample was removed in less than 3 minutes, using only about 60 ml of rinse solution and two main rinse steps.

DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
Assignee:
TIC; NTS-82-004396; ERA-07-030289; EDB-82-072134
Application Number:
ON: DE82004523
OSTI ID:
5620144
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English