New Cu-CuSO4 based LEMI non-polarized electrode for
the measurement of electric field components at magnetotelluric (MT)
sounding of Earth’s crust is developed (Fig.1).
Recently, the new law is adopted in Europe demanding
elimination of lead and lead composites from use in every application.
The LEMI-701 electrode is environment-friendly.
Our long-term study shows that the new LEMI
geophysical electrodes besides their ecological safety, also have some
advantages in comparison with Pb-PbCl ones. LEMI-701 electrodes are
produced as matched pairs selected by special training and developed
selection procedure. As an example, their long-term drift for ~ 4 months
(Fig.2) was about 50 microvolt versus 1 mV/month for Pb-PbCl. The
measured own noise of randomly selected matched pair of LEMI-701
non-polarized electrodes was ~10nV (Fig.3) at 1
Hz versus 0.4 mcV for Pb-PbCl.