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Title: Polyaniline-based optical ammonia detector

Patent ·
OSTI ID:874519

Electronic absorption spectroscopy of a polyaniline film deposited on a polyethylene surface by chemical oxidation of aniline monomer at room temperature was used to quantitatively detect ammonia gas. The present optical ammonia gas detector was found to have a response time of less than 15 s, a regeneration time of less than 2 min. at room temperature, and a detection limit of 1 ppm (v/v) for ammonia, with a linear dynamic range from 180 ppm to 18,000 ppm.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California (Los Alamos, NM)
Patent Number(s):
US 6406669
OSTI ID:
874519
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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