Morphological and humidity sensing investigations on niobium, neodymium, and lanthanum oxides

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1759-1766

  Yadav, Bal Chandra ^a   Singh, Monika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption; ceramic; humidity sensor; resistivity; sensitivity

Indexed keywords

AGEING EFFECTS; ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; CERAMIC; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; HUMIDITY CHAMBERS; HUMIDITY SENSING; HYDRAULIC PRESSING; LANTHANUM OXIDE; LINEAR RESPONSE; MAXIMUM VALUES; MOISTURE SENSING; NEODYMIUM OXIDE; NEW DELHI , INDIA; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; RESISTIVITY; SENSING ELEMENTS; SENSITIVITY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES;

ADSORPTION; ANNEALING; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CERAMIC MATERIALS; HUMIDITY CONTROL; HUMIDITY SENSORS; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; LANTHANUM; LANTHANUM ALLOYS; NEODYMIUM; NIOBIUM; NIOBIUM OXIDE; PELLETIZING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

LANTHANUM OXIDES;

EID: 77956712819     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2010.2048311     Document Type: Article

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