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Characterization Studies of a GC based SAW Sensor System for Potential Detection and Identification of Toxic Environmental Gases/Vapors

Journal: Journal of Environmental Nanotechnology (Vol.10, No. 4)

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Page : 01-07

Keywords : SAW oscillator; SAW sensor; Pre-concentrator; Chemical Warfare Agents; Hazardous Chemicals;

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Abstract

The characterization of a custom-designed GC-based SAW e-Nose sensor system is presented here to study the sensing ability of the sensor system to detect and identify low medium and high toxic vapors. A semi-automated multi-vapor generator generates vapors of chemical compounds that are then exposed to the sensing system to examine its performance under various concentrations. Time-domain verses frequency response of GC-SAW Sensor is noted for repeated cycles against different chemical compounds like xylene, 1,2 dibromoethane, dimethyl sulfate, triethyl phosphate, nitrobenzene, phosphorous trichloride being tested. The generated data is examined using a principle component analysis (PCA) technique to detect a unique response for an individual chemical compound. Experimental results are reported.

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