The use of a copper microelectrode to measure the ethanol content in gasohol samples

Fuel

Volumn 86, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 1185-1191

  Paixão, Thiago R L C ^a   Cardoso, Juliana L ^a   Bertotti, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amperometric detection; Copper electrode; Gasohol

Indexed keywords

AMPEROMETRIC SENSORS; COPPER; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ETHANOL; GASOHOL;

COPPER ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL PRE-TREATMENT; ELECTRODE SURFACE; ETHANOL EXTRACTION; SENSOR RESPONSE;

MICROELECTRODES;

EID: 33846239018     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2006.09.024     Document Type: Article

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