zirconium oxide-based oxygen transducer

zirconium oxide-based oxygen transducer

[zər¦kōn·ē·əm ¦äk‚sīd ‚bāst ¦äks·ə·jən tranz′düs·ər]

(engineering)

A device in which the concentration of oxygen in a mixture of gases is determined from the diffusion voltage across a heated, suitably doped zirconium oxide material placed between this mixture and a reference gas.