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Measurement and regulation of oxygen content in gases using solid electrolyte cells. III. Oxygen pump-gauge

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The technical problems of the conventional one-tube oxygen pump-gauge are reviewed. Several causes of error are shown: the semipermeability of the electrolyte tube, the electric coupling between the pump and the gauge, the existence of local cells due to electric leads deposited on the electrolyte, spurious zero-current voltages. A new set-up involving a microgauge is described. It is capable of producing and measuring within a few per cent accuracy, oxygen-inert gas mixtures with oxygen concentrations ranging down to a few 10−2ppm.

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  1. Laboratoire de Cinétique Electrochimique Minérale Associé au C.N.R.S. (E.R.A. no. 384), E.N.S. d'Electrochimie et d'Electrométallurgie de Grenoble, Domaine Universitaire, B.P. 44, 38401, Saint-Martin d'Hères, France

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Fouletier, J., Vitter, G. & Kleitz, M. Measurement and regulation of oxygen content in gases using solid electrolyte cells. III. Oxygen pump-gauge. J Appl Electrochem 5, 111–120 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00613213

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