Assembly and method for interchangeably holding an electrochemical substrate

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020371061-A1
Application number	US-201916421550-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 24, 2019
Priority date	May 24, 2019
Publication date	Nov 26, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electrochemical substrate holder assembly, including: a first housing and a second housing; wherein the first housing and the second housing collectively define an interior space; a first gasket coupled to the first housing and adapted to contact a first side of a substrate; and a second gasket coupled to the second housing and adapted to contact a second side of the substrate; wherein the first gasket and the second gasket are collectively adapted to hold the substrate within the interior space. The first housing defines a first port adapted to receive a first electrical lead to electrically contact the first side of the substrate. The second housing defines a second port adapted to allow a fluid to pass there through to fluidly contact at least the second side of the substrate. The second housing is adapted to receive one or more of a second and third electrical lead.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electrochemical substrate holder assembly, comprising:
a first housing; a second housing coupled to the first housing; wherein the first housing and the second housing collectively define an interior space; a first gasket coupled to the first housing and adapted to contact a first side of a substrate; and a second gasket coupled to the second housing and adapted to contact a second side of the substrate; wherein the first gasket and the second gasket are collectively adapted to hold the substrate within the interior space collectively defined by the first housing and the second housing.

2 . The electrochemical substrate holder assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first housing and second housing are each manufactured from one or more of stainless steel, a nickel alloy, and aluminum.

3 . The electrochemical substrate holder assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first gasket and the second gasket are each manufactured from one or more of polytetrafluoroethylene, a ceramic fiber, a fluorphlogopite mica in a borosilicate glass matrix, silica, magnesia, alumina, potassium oxide, boron oxide, and fluorine.

4 . The electrochemical substrate holder assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first housing defines a first port adapted to receive a first electrical lead there through to electrically contact the first side of the substrate.

5 . The electrochemical substrate holder assembly of claim 4 , wherein the first electrical lead is disposed within an insulating sheath and is coupled to the first housing via a compression fitting.

6 . The electrochemical substrate holder assembly of claim 1 , wherein the second housing defines a second port adapted to allow a fluid to pass there through to fluidly contact at least the second side of the substrate.

7 . The electrochemical substrate holder assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first gasket and the second gasket each comprise an annular structure.

8 . The electrochemical substrate holder assembly of claim 1 , wherein the second housing is adapted to receive one or more of a second electrical lead and a third electrical lead.

9 . The electrochemical substrate holder assembly of claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises one of a planar foil, a planar disc, a concave foil, a concave disc, a convex foil, a convex disc, a rod, a wire, and a cubic extension.

10 . The electrochemical substrate holder assembly of claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises one or more of an alkali metal, an alkaline earth, a non-metal, a metalloid, a ferrous metal, a lanthanide, an actinide, an alloy, a refractory metal, a conductive polymer, and a biological/organic moiety-functionalized substrate.

11 . A method of performing an electrochemical test on a substrate, comprising:
providing a first housing; providing a second housing coupled to the first housing; wherein the first housing and the second housing collectively define an interior space; providing a first gasket coupled to the first housing and adapted to contact a first side of a substrate; providing a second gasket coupled to the second housing and adapted to contact a second side of the substrate; wherein the first gasket and the second gasket are collectively adapted to hold the substrate within the interior space collectively defined by the first housing and the second housing; and disposing the substrate between the first gasket and the second gasket within the interior space collectively defined by the first housing and the second housing.

12 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising introducing a fluid into at least a portion of the interior space collectively defined by the first housing and the second housing.

13 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising applying an electrical voltage/current to the substrate.

14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the first housing and second housing are each manufactured from one or more of stainless steel, a nickel alloy, and aluminum.

15 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the first gasket and the second gasket are each manufactured from one or more of polytetrafluoroethylene, a ceramic fiber, a fluorphlogopite mica in a borosilicate glass matrix, silica, magnesia, alumina, potassium oxide, boron oxide, and fluorine.

16 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the first housing defines a first port adapted to receive a first electrical lead there through to electrically contact the first side of the substrate.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the first electrical lead is disposed within an insulating sheath and is coupled to the first housing via a compression fitting.

18 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the second housing defines a second port adapted to allow the fluid to pass there through to fluidly contact at least the second side of the substrate.

19 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the first gasket and the second gasket each comprise an annular structure.

20 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the second housing is adapted to receive one or more of a second electrical lead and a third electrical lead.

21 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the substrate comprises one of a planar foil, a planar disc, a concave foil, a concave disc, a convex foil, a convex disc, a rod, a wire, and a cubic extension.

22 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the substrate comprises one or more of an alkali metal, an alkaline earth, a non-metal, a metalloid, a ferrous metal, a lanthanide, an actinide, an alloy, a refractory metal, a conductive polymer, and a biological/organic moiety-functionalized substrate.

Assignees

• Cons Nuclear Security Llc

Inventors

• Freiderich John W
• Boyd Tasha L
• Green Benjamin D

Classifications

• G01N27/28 Primary

  Electrolytic cell components · CPC title

• G01N27/416 Primary

  Systems (G01N27/27 takes precedence) · CPC title