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Handbook of Gas Sensor Materials

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Atmospheric air contains numerous kinds of chemical species, natural and artificial, some of which are vital to our life while many others are more or less harmful. Gas sensors control the composition of the air and therefore these devices make it possible to control the quality of the surrounding atmosphere. This chapter describes possible areas of applications as well as approaches used for gas sensor classification, discusses requirements for gas sensors vs the field of application, and carries out a comparative analysis of gas sensors based on different principles of operation. A general consideration of materials acceptable for gas sensor design is included. The chapter includes 16 figures, 23 tables, and 177 references.

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Korotcenkov, G. (2013). Introduction. In: Handbook of Gas Sensor Materials. Integrated Analytical Systems. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7165-3_1

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