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Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 19, 2018
Applicant:

Trafag Ag, Bubikon, CH;

Inventor:

Wendelin J. Stark, Langenthal, DE;

Assignee:

Trafag AG, Bubikon, CH;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 5/02 (2006.01); G01N 29/02 (2006.01); G01N 29/036 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 5/025 (2013.01); G01N 29/022 (2013.01); G01N 29/036 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0253 (2013.01); G01N 2291/02845 (2013.01);
Abstract

In order to permit a robust, energy-efficient and precise moisture sensor, the invention relates to a moisture sensor element () for a moisture sensor () for measuring a moisture content in a gas, comprising at least one vibrating element () and at least one material () on the vibrating element (), wherein the at least one material () is designed in such a way that the mass thereof changes rapidly with moisture changing over a moisture value. The invention also relates to a moisture-measuring method for measuring a moisture in a gas, comprising: using a moisture sensor element (), wherein the course of the measurement signal thereof has at least one non-linearity according to the moisture; and determining a reference value based on the at least one non-linearity.


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