Zinc oxide varistor gas sensors: II, effect of chromium(III) oxide and yttrium oxide additives on the hydrogen-sensing properties

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1633-1643

  Shimizu, Yasuhiro ^a   Lin, Feng Cang ^a   Takao, Yuji ^a   Egashira, Makoto ^a,b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; VARISTORS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS; ZINC OXIDE;

CHROMIUM OXIDE; YTTRIUM OXIDE;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0032100125     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1998.tb02525.x     Document Type: Article

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