IP Library Granted Patent US 9,506,021
Granted Patent B2
US 9,506,021 · App. 14/474,886 · Granted Nov 29, 2016

Glass-electrode responsive-glass cleaning liquid and method for cleaning glass-electrode responsive-glass

Inventors: Manabu Shibata (Kyoto, JP); Nahoko Nishimura (Kyoto, JP); Takeshi Mori (Kyoto, JP); Hisashi Yamanouchi (Kyoto, JP); Katsuaki Ogura (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: HORIBA, LTD.
C11D7/10B05D3/104C03C4/18C03C15/00C03C23/0075C11D11/0035C11D11/0047
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Patent No.
US 9,506,021
App. No.
14/474,886
Granted
Nov 29, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

To maintain a uniform etching rate during cleaning of a responsive glass in a glass electrode, a responsive-glass cleaning liquid for a glass electrode 1 serves to clean a responsive glass 2 used in the glass electrode 1 , is used with a hydrated-layer forming solution for forming a hydrated layer on the surface of the responsive glass 2 , and contains ammonium hydrogen fluoride having a predetermined concentration, or a salt of a strong base containing hydrofluoric acid and a fluoride ion.

Claims (25)

1. A kit for glass electrode responsive-glass cleaning comprising:

a glass-electrode responsive-glass cleaning agent that cleans a responsive glass used in a glass electrode; and

a hydrated-layer forming agent that forms a hydrated layer on the surface of the responsive glass immersed in the hydrated-layer forming agent after cleaning by the glass-electrode responsive-glass cleaning agent, wherein

the glass-electrode responsive-glass cleaning agent contains ammonium hydrogen fluoride having a predetermined concentration or a mixed solution of hydrofluoric acid and a salt of a strong base a fluoride ion;

and the hydrated-layer forming agent is selected from the group consisting of a standard solution for pH calibration having a pH of 2, 4, or 7, hydrochloric acid, and nitric acid; and

wherein the hydrated-layer forming agent does not include hydrofluoric acid.

2. The kit for glass-electrode responsive-glass cleaning according to claim 1 , wherein

the responsive-glass cleaning agent contains ammonium hydrogen fluoride, and

the concentration of ammonium hydrogen fluoride is 4 mass % or less.

3. The kit for glass-electrode responsive-glass cleaning according to claim 1 , wherein

the responsive-glass cleaning agent cleans the responsive glass containing a metal oxide as a component.

4. A glass-electrode responsive-glass cleaning method using the kit for glass-electrode responsive-glass cleaning according to claim 1 , wherein the method comprises:

cleaning a responsive glass used in a glass electrode by using the responsive-glass cleaning agent, and

forming a hydrated layer on the surface of the responsive glass by immersing the responsive glass in the hydrated-layer forming solution after cleaning.

5. The glass-electrode responsive-glass cleaning method according to claim 4 , wherein

during cleaning, the temperature of the responsive-glass cleaning liquid is kept to be 5 to 40° C.

6. The kit for glass-electrode responsive-glass cleaning according to claim 1 , wherein

the hydrated-layer forming agent is selected from the group consisting of hydrochloric acid and nitric acid.

7. A glass-electrode system comprising;

a glass-electrode that has a responsive glass,

a glass-electrode responsive-glass cleaning agent that cleans a responsive glass used in a glass electrode, and

a hydrated-layer forming agent that forms a hydrated layer on the surface of the responsive glass immersed in the hydrated-layer forming agent after cleaning by the glass-electrode responsive-glass cleaning agent, wherein

the glass-electrode responsive glass cleaning agent and the hydrated-layer forming agent are separated,

the glass-electrode responsive-glass cleaning agent contains ammonium hydrogen fluoride having a predetermined concentration or a mixed solution of hydrofluoric acid and a salt of a strong base a fluoride ion, and

the hydrated-layer forming agent is neutral or acidic.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE NAME OF THE ASSIGNEE FROM KONICA MINOLTA INC. TO HORIBA, LTD. PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 033651 FRAME 0925. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE THE NAME OF THE ASSIGNEE SHOULD BE HORIBA, LTD.. Recorded Nov 5, 2014
From: SHIBATA, MANABU; NISHIMURA, NAHOKO; MORI, TAKESHI; YAMANOUCHI, HISASHI; OGURA, KATSUAKI
To: HORIBA, LTD.
Reel/Frame 034173/0033 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 2, 2014
From: SHIBATA, MANABU; NISHIMURA, NAHOKO; MORI, TAKESHI; YAMANOUCHI, HISASHI; OGURA, KATSUAKI
To: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
Reel/Frame 033651/0925 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-180920 · Sep 2, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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