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Bonded seals for miniature sensors
dpseals casestudy Email: sales@dpseals.com Call: +44 (0) 1202 674 671 DP Seals Ltd Unit 6, Dawkins Road, Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset. UK. BH15 4JY Tel: +44(0)1202 674671 Fax: +44(0)1202 665581 E-mail: sales@dpseals.com Web: www.dpseals.com Bonded seals for miniature sensors The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in Southampton is one of the foremost institutions of its kind in the world, and among its on-going projects in recent years has been the development of miniaturised sensors to directly measure changing nitrate levels in rivers and oceans, and variations in ocean acidity caused by increases in atmospheric CO 2 . To achieve this with the accuracy and resilience required, their latest microfl uidic designs needed the 3.3 mm diameter pump cylinders and pistons to be seal