Electrolytic sensor for trace level determination of moisture in gas streams

Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1636-1643

  Manickam, V ^a   Prabhu, E ^b   Jayaraman, V ^b   Gnanasekar, K I ^b   Gnanasekaran, T ^b   Nagaraja, K S ^a  

^a LOYOLA COLLEGE   (India)

^b INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Electrolytic moisture sensor; Fabrication; Thick and thin film electrodes; Trace moisture determination

Indexed keywords

CYLINDER PRESSURES; ELECTROLYTIC CURRENT; GAS STREAMS; MOIST CONDITIONS; MOISTURE SENSORS; PLATINUM ELECTRODES; PULSED LASER ABLATION; RECOVERY TIME; SCREEN-PRINTED THICK FILMS; SENSOR FAILURE; THICK AND THIN FILMS; THIN-FILM ELECTRODE; TRACE MOISTURE DETERMINATION; TRACE-LEVEL DETERMINATION;

ABLATION; ARGON; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; FABRICATION; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; MOISTURE METERS; PLATINUM; SENSORS; THICK FILMS; THIN FILMS; TRACE ANALYSIS; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

MOISTURE CONTROL;

EID: 77957839320     PISSN: 02632241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2010.09.023     Document Type: Article

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