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Stability and reproducibility of the amperometric sensors for oxygen concentration analysis in the nitrogen gas mixtures
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The paper presents experimentally obtained results on the long-term stability tests of the solid electrolyte amperometric sensor output signal during the operation in the O2 + N2 gas mixtures. These data prove the stability and reproducibility of the output signal when measuring the oxygen concentration in air for 8000 hours. The output signal variation during the tests did not exceed ± 2 %. We performed four heating / cooling cycles of different durations, which did not influence either sensor integrity or operation characteristics. The structure of the solid electrolyte sensor and the solid electrolyte/electrode interfacial layer remained unchanged during the tests. Dynamic characteristics of the sensor, including the response time, were stable.
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