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

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

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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.

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

Franklin, OH
Germantown, OH

Issue Date:: 1986-01-01

Research Org.:: MONSANTO RESEARCH CORP

OSTI Identifier:: 866048

Patent Number(s):: 4622049

Assignee:: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)

DOE Contract Number:: AC04-76DP00053

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: apparatus; adjusting; maintaining; humidity; gas; constant; value; closed; maintained; level; providing; saturated; salt; solution; chamber; communication; upper; conjointly; defined; container; sections; sealing; contact; establish; partition; wall; separates; region; tube; extending; plate; allows; humidified; pass; glass; wool; plug; membranous; material; prevents; migration; sealing contact; partition plate; upper chamber; salt solution; closed container; tube extending; glass wool; constant value; constant level; /96/73/261/

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