Cambridge Sensotec has expanded its Rapidox product range to provide multiple gas analysers to suit most applications in industry, research and education.
Cambridge Sensotec can offer systems to analyse food packaging processes, for high temperature and vacuum oxygen measurements in inert gases, or to provide gas analytical data to assess the impact of environmental issues, as well as many other applications.
The company uses two types of oxygen sensors in its Rapidox range of gas analysers: zirconia and electrochemical.
The majority of Cambridge Sensotec analysers use a zirconia-based sensor.
There are several reasons this is preferred.
A zirconia oxygen sensor is said to offer a very fast response time coupled with accurate readings at low oxygen levels.
Zirconia sensors also work well in vacuum and with pressurised gas.
They also have a lifespan of more than 35,000 hours.
In environments where the zirconia oxygen sensor may not be suited, Cambridge Sensotec offers Rapidox units with electrochemical sensors.
These are more suited to applications where explosive gases are present, such as hydrocarbons, or in the presence of volatile organic gases compounds (VOCs).
Electrochemical sensors can perform well in helium and hydrogen and are more suited to hazardous area use, as zirconia sensors operate at very high temperatures.
