Quantifying gas sensor and delivery system response time using GC/MS

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 200-214

  Pilling, R S ^a   Bernhardt, G ^a,b   Kim, C S ^a   Duncan, J ^a   Crothers, C B H ^a   Kleinschmidt, D ^a   Frankel, D J ^a   Lad, R J ^b   Frederick, B G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas concentration; Gas sensor; GC MS; Instrumentation; Kinetics; Reproducibility; Semiconducting metal oxide (SMO)

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS DETECTORS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MASS SPECTROMETERS; SURFACE REACTIONS;

SEMICONDUCTING METAL OXIDES (SMO);

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0242405806     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(03)00526-4     Document Type: Article

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