Abstract 1. In a fluid flow cell defining a fluid flow passage having a series of spaced of spaced electrodes disposed therein, forming a series of successively interconnected flow regions therebetween, electrical pulse generating means connected to apply a series of successively timed electrical pulses across the series of flow regions, between the individual electrodes of pairs of electrodes whose respective electrodes lie on opposite sides of successive time phases of the pulses, to neutralize the polarity of the relatively forward electrode of the pair of electrodes on the opposite sides of one flow region, in the aforesaid transverse direction of the series of electrodes, while establishing a polarity in the relatively forward electrode of the pair of electrodes on the opposite sides of the next successive flow region, which is identical to the polarity which characterized the aforesaid relatively forward electrode of the aforesaid one flow region, during the last preceding pulse, and means for passing the fluid into the passage and recovering a portion thereof, adjacent opposite ends of the flow regions.
In a fluid flow cell defining a fluid flow passage having a series of spaced of spaced electrodes disposed therein, forming a series of successively interconnected flow regions therebetween, electrical pulse generating means connected to apply a series of successively timed electrical pulses across the series of flow regions, between the individual electrodes of pairs of electrodes whose respective electrodes lie on opposite sides of successive time phases of the pulses, to neutralize the polarity of the relatively forward electrode of the pair of electrodes on the opposite sides of one flow region, in the aforesaid transverse direction of the series of electrodes, while establishing a polarity in the relatively forward electrode of the pair of electrodes on the opposite sides of the next successive flow region, which is identical to the polarity which characterized the aforesaid relatively forward electrode of the aforesaid one flow region, during the last preceding pulse, and means for passing the fluid into the passage and recovering a portion thereof, adjacent opposite ends of the flow regions.
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Dependent Claim
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In a fluid flow cell defining a fluid flow passage having a series of spaced of spaced electrodes disposed therein, forming a series of successively interconnected flow regions therebetween, electrical pulse generating means connected to apply a series of successively timed electrical pulses across the series of flow regions, between the individual electrodes of pairs of electrodes whose respective electrodes lie on opposite sides of successive time phases of the pulses, to neutralize the polarity of the relatively forward electrode of the pair of electrodes on the opposite sides of one flow region, in the aforesaid transverse direction of the series of electrodes, while establishing a polarity in the relatively forward electrode of the pair of electrodes on the opposite sides of the next successive flow region, which is identical to the polarity which characterized the aforesaid relatively forward electrode of the aforesaid one flow region, during the last preceding pulse, and means for passing the fluid into the passage and recovering a portion thereof, adjacent opposite ends of the flow regions.