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Title: THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY ANALYSIS OF GASES

Patent ·
OSTI ID:4343401

This patent describes apparatus for the quantitative analysis of a gaseous mixture at subatmospheric pressure by measurement of its thermal conductivity. A heated wire forms one leg of a bridge circuit, while the gas under test is passed about the wire at a constant rate. The bridge unbalance will be a measure of the change in composition of the gas, if compensation is made for the effect due to gas pressure change. The apparatus provides a voltage varying with fluctuations of pressure in series with the indicating device placed across the bridge, to counterbalance the voltage change caused by fluctuations in the pressure of the gaseous mixture.

Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-12-010257
Assignee:
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Patent Number(s):
US 2472645
OSTI ID:
4343401
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-58
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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