A chloroform transducer based on sPS - δ-Coated quartz-crystal microbalance for gaseous environment

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-37

  Arpaia, Pasquale ^a   Guerra, Gaetano ^b   Mensitieri, Giuseppe ^c   Lo Moriello, Rosario Schiano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical transducers; Frequency measurement; Gas leak detection; Intelligent sensors; Pollution measurement

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEAK DETECTION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; POLLUTION; POLYSTYRENES; SENSORS; THIN FILMS;

CHEMICAL TRANSDUCERS; CHLOROFORM; FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT; GAS LEAK DETECTION; INTELLIGENT SENSORS; POLLUTION MEASUREMENT;

TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 13244298393     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2004.840258     Document Type: Article

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