Detection of molecular oxygen at low concentrations using quartz enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy

Sensors

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 8466-8477

  Pohlkötter, Andreas ^a   Köhring, Michael ^b   Willer, Ulrike ^a   Schade, Wolfgang ^a,b  

^a CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gas sensing; Oxygen sensing; Photoacoustic spectroscopy; QEPAS

Indexed keywords

DETECTION LIMITS; GAS SENSING; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; OXYGEN-SENSING; QEPAS; QUARTZ TUNING FORK; QUARTZ-ENHANCED PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPIES; TAPERED AMPLIFIER;

PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; QUARTZ;

PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY;

OXYGEN; SILICON DIOXIDE;

AIR; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOACOUSTICS; SPECTROSCOPY;

AIR; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; OXYGEN; PHOTOACOUSTIC TECHNIQUES; QUARTZ; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 77957973978     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s100908466     Document Type: Article

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