High sensitivity micro-thermal conductivity detector for gas chromatography

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 264-267

  Kaanta, B C ^a   Chen, H ^b   Lambertus, G ^b   Steinecker, W H ^b   Zhdaneev, O ^b   Zhang, X ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION RANGES; DETECTION LIMITS; FAST RESPONSE TIME; HIGH SENSITIVITY; LINEAR RESPONSE; LOW SENSITIVITY; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; PARTS PER BILLION; THERMAL CONDUCTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY DETECTORS;

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HELIUM; HEXANE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF GASES;

EID: 65949097295     PISSN: 10846999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMSYS.2009.4805369     Document Type: Conference Paper

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