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measured and used to determine the oxygen concentration in the gas mixture.

The overall reaction for the fuel cell is the SUM of the half reactions above, or:

2Pb + O2→2PbO

(These reactions will hold as long as no gaseous components capable of oxidizing lead—such as iodine, bromine, chlorine and fluorine—are present in the sample.)

The output of the fuel cell is limited by (1) the amount of oxygen in the cell at the time and (2) the amount of stored anode material.

In the absence of oxygen, no current is generated.

2.2.4 The Effect of Pressure

In order to state the amount of oxygen present in the sample in parts-per-million or a percentage of the gas mixture, it is necessary that the sample diffuse into the cell under constant pressure.

If the total pressure increases, the rate that oxygen reaches the cathode through the diffusing membrane will also increase. The electron transfer, and therefore the external current, will increase, even though the oxygen concentration of the sample has not changed. It is therefore important that the sample pressure at the fuel cell (usually vent pressure) remain relatively constant between calibrations.

2.2.5 Calibration Characteristics

Given that the total pressure of the sample gas on the surface of the Micro-Fuel Cell input is constant, a convenient characteristic of the cell is that the current produced in an external circuit is directly proportional to the rate at which oxygen molecules reach the cathode, and this rate is directly proportional to the concentration of oxygen in the gaseous mix- ture. In other words it has a linear characteristic curve, as shown in Figure 2-3. Measuring circuits do not have to compensate for nonlinearities.

In addition, since there is zero output in the absence oxygen, the characteristic curve has close to an absolute zero (within ± 1 ppm oxygen). In practical application, zeroing may still used to compensate for the combined zero offsets of the cell and the electronics. (The

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3000TA specifications

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