The final LDRD report for the project entitled: {open_quotes}Enhanced analysis of complex gas mixtures by pattern recognition of microsensor array signals{close_quotes}

Hughes, R C; Osbourn, G C

doi:10.2172/393333

Title: The final LDRD report for the project entitled: {open_quotes}Enhanced analysis of complex gas mixtures by pattern recognition of microsensor array signals{close_quotes}

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Microsensors do not have the selectivity to chemical species available in large laboratory instruments. This project employed arrays of catalytically gated silicon microsensors with different catalysts to create data streams which can be analyzed by pattern recognition programs. One of the most significant accomplishments of the program was the demonstration of that mixtures of H{sub 2} with the oxidants NO{sub x} and O{sub 2} could distinguished from one another by the use of different catalytic metals on the Sandia Robust Hydrogen (SRH) sensors and the newly developed pattern recognition algorithm. This sensor system could be used to identify explosive gas mixtures and analyze exhaust streams for pollution control.

Authors:: Hughes, R C; Osbourn, G C

Publication Date:: Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996

Research Org.:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 393333

Report Number(s):: SAND-96-1383
ON: DE97000710; TRN: 96:006195

DOE Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Resource Relation:: Other Information: PBD: Sep 1996

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 40 CHEMISTRY; 44 INSTRUMENTATION, INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS; SI SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; QUALITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GASES; PATTERN RECOGNITION; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXYGEN; MIXTURES; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL

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                    Hughes, R C, and Osbourn, G C. The final LDRD report for the project entitled: {open_quotes}Enhanced analysis of complex gas mixtures by pattern recognition of microsensor array signals{close_quotes}.  United States: N. p., 1996. 
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                    Hughes, R C, & Osbourn, G C. The final LDRD report for the project entitled: {open_quotes}Enhanced analysis of complex gas mixtures by pattern recognition of microsensor array signals{close_quotes}.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/393333

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                    Hughes, R C, and Osbourn, G C. 1996.  
        "The final LDRD report for the project entitled: {open_quotes}Enhanced analysis of complex gas mixtures by pattern recognition of microsensor array signals{close_quotes}".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/393333.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/393333.

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  title        = {The final LDRD report for the project entitled: {open_quotes}Enhanced analysis of complex gas mixtures by pattern recognition of microsensor array signals{close_quotes}},

  author       = {Hughes, R C and Osbourn, G C},

  abstractNote = {Microsensors do not have the selectivity to chemical species available in large laboratory instruments. This project employed arrays of catalytically gated silicon microsensors with different catalysts to create data streams which can be analyzed by pattern recognition programs. One of the most significant accomplishments of the program was the demonstration of that mixtures of H{sub 2} with the oxidants NO{sub x} and O{sub 2} could distinguished from one another by the use of different catalytic metals on the Sandia Robust Hydrogen (SRH) sensors and the newly developed pattern recognition algorithm. This sensor system could be used to identify explosive gas mixtures and analyze exhaust streams for pollution control.},

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