Method and apparatus for electrolytically determining a species in a fluid
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18. METHOD OF MEASURING THE CONCENTRATION OF AN ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVE GAS IN A FLUID COMPRISING THE STEPS OF:
- PROVIDING A BODY OF ELECTROLYTIC MEDIUM FROM WHICH SAID GAS CAN BE ELECTROLYTICALLY GENERATED;
DIFFUSING SAID GAS BETWEEN SAID FLUID AND SAID MEDIUM THROUGH BARRIER MEANS SELECTIVELY PERMEABLE TO SAID GAS, AND IMPERMEABLE TO BOTH SAID MEDIUM AND FLUID;
IMPRESSING A FIRST POTENTIAL ON A FIRST ELECTROCHEMICALLLY INERT METAL ELECTRODE IMMERSED IN SAID MEDIUM AND A SECOND POTENTIAL ON A SECOND ELECTROCHEMICALLY INERT METAL ELECTRODE IMMERSED IN SAID MEDIUM SO AS TO CAUSE A FLOW CURRENT AT SAID ELECTRODES;
POSITIONING SAID ELECTRODES IN SPACED RELATION TO ONE ANOTHER AND TO SAID BARRIER MEANS, AND MAINTAINING SAID POTENTIALS AT MAGNITUDE AND VALUES AT WHICH SAID
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18. METHOD OF MEASURING THE CONCENTRATION OF AN ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVE GAS IN A FLUID COMPRISING THE STEPS OF:
- PROVIDING A BODY OF ELECTROLYTIC MEDIUM FROM WHICH SAID GAS CAN BE ELECTROLYTICALLY GENERATED;
DIFFUSING SAID GAS BETWEEN SAID FLUID AND SAID MEDIUM THROUGH BARRIER MEANS SELECTIVELY PERMEABLE TO SAID GAS, AND IMPERMEABLE TO BOTH SAID MEDIUM AND FLUID;
IMPRESSING A FIRST POTENTIAL ON A FIRST ELECTROCHEMICALLLY INERT METAL ELECTRODE IMMERSED IN SAID MEDIUM AND A SECOND POTENTIAL ON A SECOND ELECTROCHEMICALLY INERT METAL ELECTRODE IMMERSED IN SAID MEDIUM SO AS TO CAUSE A FLOW CURRENT AT SAID ELECTRODES;
POSITIONING SAID ELECTRODES IN SPACED RELATION TO ONE ANOTHER AND TO SAID BARRIER MEANS, AND MAINTAINING SAID POTENTIALS AT MAGNITUDE AND VALUES AT WHICH SAID
- PROVIDING A BODY OF ELECTROLYTIC MEDIUM FROM WHICH SAID GAS CAN BE ELECTROLYTICALLY GENERATED;
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