Ferrite gas sensors

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 849-861

  Gadkari, Ashok B ^a   Shinde, Tukaram J ^b   Vasambekar, Pramod Nivrutti ^c  

^a GKG College   (India)

^b KRP Kanya Mahavidylaya ^*  (India)

^c SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ferrites; gas sensors; grain size; selectivity; sensitivity; surface area

Indexed keywords

GAS SENSORS; GRAIN SIZE; SELECTIVITY; SENSITIVITY; SURFACE AREA;

ACETYLENE; CADMIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL SENSORS; CHLORINE; COBALT; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; ETHANOL; FERRITE; GAS DETECTORS; GAS HAZARDS; GASES; GASOLINE; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GYRATORS; HYDROGEN; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; METHANE; OXYGEN; POLLUTION DETECTION; SINTERING; SOFT MAGNETIC MATERIALS; SURFACES; TEMPERATURE;

FERRITES;

EID: 79951521264     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2010.2068285     Document Type: Article

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