Apparatus for adjusting and maintaining the humidity of gas at a constant value within a closed system

Patent · Tue Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:866048

Abernathy, Bethel R ^[1]; Walters, Ronald R ^[2]

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1. Franklin, OH
2. Germantown, OH

The humidity of a gas within a closed system is maintained at constant level by providing a saturated salt solution within a lower chamber in communication with an upper chamber conjointly defined by upper and lower container sections in sealing contact with each other to establish a closed container. A partition wall separates the salt solution from the test region in the upper chamber. A tube extending through the partition plate allows humidified gas to pass from the lower to the upper chamber. A glass wool plug or membranous material within the tube prevents migration of salt into the test region.

• Research Organization: MONSANTO RESEARCH CORP
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00053
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4622049
• OSTI ID: 866048
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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