Fiber optic sensing of cyanides in solutions
- Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
- Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States). Optical Sciences Center
A novel sol-gel technique was used to immobilize malachite green ions (MG{sup +}) in stable, optically transparent, porous silica gel films. A simple and sensitive method was developed for the detection of cyanides in solutions using spectrophotometry to measure changes caused by cyanide ions (CN{sup {minus}}) in the absorption spectra of the green-colored silica gel films. After reaction with cyanide ions, the absorption spectra of the films changed with a typical decrease in absorbance at 620 nm. On the basis of the absorption spectra of the films, a portable and easy to use fiber optic cyanide film sensor was fabricated. Decolorization undergone by the green-colored gel films, as they were exposed to cyanide ions, was detected through a fiber. Preliminary results indicate concentrations on the order of a few ppm are detected using the fiber optic sensor.
- OSTI ID:
- 427754
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960401-; ISBN 1-55899-338-X; TRN: IM9708%%81
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Spring meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS), San Francisco, CA (United States), 8-12 Apr 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Better ceramics through chemistry 7: Organic/inorganic hybrid materials; Coltrain, B.K. [ed.] [Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, NY (United States)]; Sanchez, C. [ed.] [Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris (France)]; Schaefer, D.W. [ed.] [Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)]; Wilkes, G.L. [ed.] [Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg, VA (United States)]; PB: 695 p.; Materials Research Society symposium proceedings, Volume 435
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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