Field testing of a rugged MEMS gas chromatograph prototype: Selective analysis of trace-level TCE vapors in contaminated homes

2011 16th International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference, TRANSDUCERS'11

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 799-802

  Kim, S K ^a   Chang, H ^a   Bryant, J G ^a   Burris, D R ^b   Zellers, E T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Integrated Science and Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

GC; Micro Gas Chromatograph; Microsystem; Sensor Array; Trichloroethylene; Vapor Analysis

Indexed keywords

ARRAY DETECTORS; CHEMIRESISTORS; FIELD TESTING; FIXED-SITE; FULLY INTEGRATED; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS; GC; LIMITS OF DETECTION; MICRO-GAS; MICROCOLUMNS; OPERATING MODES; SELECTIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL MAPPING; STANDARD REFERENCE METHODS; TRACE-LEVEL CONCENTRATIONS; VAPOR INTRUSION;

ACTUATORS; ANESTHETICS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROSYSTEMS; ODOR CONTROL; SENSOR ARRAYS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TESTING; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VAPORS;

SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

EID: 80052109853     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2011.5969260     Document Type: Conference Paper

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