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Method and articles employing ion exchange material
Assignee: Tyco International Ltd Bermuda
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Filing: 1987-02-20
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Granted: 1989-12-19
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Expires: 2007-02-20
Abstract
Abstract An electrode, preferably of a conductive polymer, has on its surface, preferably over all of its surface, an ion exchange material, preferably of significant thickness. Such a coated electrode may be used for sensing the presence or measuring the concentration of an ionic species, or for removal from or release of an ionic species into an electrode.
Inventors
- 👤 Eric D. Nyberg
- 👤 Ken A. Klingman
- 👤 Jeff Curtis
- 👤 Ray F. Stewart
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 19:04
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01N; G01N27/00; G01N27/26; G01N27/416; G01N27/42; C; C02; C02F; C02F1/00; C02F1/42; C02F1/46; C02F1/461; C02F1/46104; C02F1/46109; C02F1/469; C02F1/4691; C02F2001/46133
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
176 words
A method of replacing an ionic species in an ion exchange material containing the ionic species, which method comprises passing a current through a first electrochemical cell which comprises: (1) a first electrode; (2) an ion exchange material A which (a) contains an ionic species I 1A , and (b) is secured to an in electrical contact with the first electrode at an interface; (3) a second electrode; and (4) an electrolyte which electrically connects the first and second electrodes and contains an ionic species I 3A , which species I 3A has the same polarity as the species I 1A and maintains its polarity at the interface between the first electrode and the ion exchange material A; and in which cell an electrochemical reaction takes place at the interface between the first electrode and the ion exchange material A and generates an ionic species I 2A which has a polarity opposite to the polarity of the species I 1A and causes the ionic species I IA to be replaced by ionic species I 3A .
Claim 2
Independent Claim
176 words
A method of replacing an ionic species in an ion exchange material containing the ionic species, which method comprises passing a current through a first electrochemical cell which comprises: (1) a first electrode; (2) an ion exchange material A which (a) contains an ionic species I 1A , and (b) is secured to an in electrical contact with the first electrode at an interface; (3) a second electrode; and (4) an electrolyte which electrically connects the first and second electrodes and contains an ionic species I 3A , which species I 3A has the same polarity as the species I 1A and maintains its polarity at the interface between the first electrode and the ion exchange material A; and in which cell an electrochemical reaction takes place at the interface between the first electrode and the ion exchange material A and generates an ionic species I 2A which has a polarity opposite to the polarity of the species I 1A and causes the ionic species I IA to be replaced by ionic species I 3A .
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
69 words
A method according to claim 1, which additionally comprises the subsequent step of placing the first electrode and the ion exchange material A, which is secured to the first electrode and contains the species I 3A , in a liquid which contains an ionic species I 4A having the same polarity as the species I 3A , thereby replacing the species I 3A by the species I 4A .
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
131 words
A method according to claim 2, which additionally comprises the step of passing current through a second electrochemical cell which comprises: (1) the first electrode, the polarity of the first electrode in the second electrochemical cell being opposite from the polarity of the first electrode in the first electrochemical cell; (2) the ion exchange material A which contains the species I 4A and which is secured to and in electrical contact with the first electrode at the interface; (3) a further electrode; and (4) an electrolyte which electrically connects the first and further electrodes, and which, at the interface between the first electrode and the ion exchange material, undergoes an electrochemical reaction which generates an ionic species I 5A which causes species I 4A to be replaced by another ionic species.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
126 words
A method according to claim 1, which additionally comprises the step of passing current through a third electrochemical cell which comprises: (1) the first electrode, the polarity of the first electrode in the third electrochemical cell being opposite from the polarity of the first electrode in the first electrochemical cell; (2) the ion exchange material which contains the species I 3A which is secured to and in electrical contact with the first electrode at the interface; (3) a further electrode; and (4) an electrolyte which electrically connects the first and further electrodes, and which, at the interface between the first electrode and the ion exchange material A, undergoes an electrochemical reaction which generates an ionic species I 6A which replaces the ionic species I 3A .
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
82 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein (i) the electrochemical cell additionally comprises a second ion exchange material B which (a) contains an ionic species I 1B and (b) is secured to and in contact with the second electrode at an interface; and (ii) an electrochemical reaction takes place at the interface between the second electrode and the ion exchange material B and generates an ionic species I 2B which causes the species I 1B to be replaced by another ionic species.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the first electrode comprises a conductive polymer, the ion exchange material being secured to the conductive polymer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein substantially all of the ionic species I 2A passes through the ion exchange material.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein the electrolyte comprises an aqueous solution and ionic species I 2A is a product of the electrolysis of water.
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