Fiber optic sensor design for chemical process and environmental monitoring

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6423, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Mahendran, R S ^a   Harris, D ^a   Wang, L ^a   MacHavaram, V R ^a   Chen, R ^a   Kukureka, St N ^a   Fernando, G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cure kinetics; Fiber optic chemical sensors; FTIR

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CIVIL ENGINEERING; CURING; FIBERS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SENSORS; PROCESSING; RESINS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THERMOSETS;

CHEMICAL PROCESSING; CROSS-LINKING REACTIONS; CURE KINETICS; CURE MONITORING; CURE PROCESSING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIBER OPTIC; FIBER OPTIC CHEMICAL SENSORS; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITES; FTIR; IN-SITU; INDUSTRIAL SECTORS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; OPTICAL-; PROCESSING CONDITIONS; RESIN SYSTEMS; SEMI-EMPIRICAL MODELING; SENSOR DESIGNS; SENSOR SYSTEMS; SMART MATERIALS; TRANSMISSION INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

EID: 51249124708     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.780021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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