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Electrically conducting polymer reaction vessels

  • US 6,436,355 B1
  • Filed: 06/25/1999
  • Issued: 08/20/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/06/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for effecting reactions, said apparatus comprising a reaction vessel suitable for holding reagents so as to allow controlled heating thereof comprising a container for the reagents and contiguous therewith a sheath of an electrically conducting polymer which emits heat when an electric current is passed through it and is arranged to heat contents of the reaction vessel, and control means for controlling supply of current to the polymer, said control means being programmed to supply electric current so as to produce different temperature stages in the reagents held within the reaction vessel, the polymer being connectable to an electrical supply via the control means.

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