Highly sensitive optical humidity probe |
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| Authors: | Dacres H Narayanaswamy R |
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| Affiliation: | School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, Faraday Tower, P.O. Box 88, Sackville Street, Manchester M60 1QD, UK |
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| Abstract: | A highly sensitive optical humidity probe based on reflectance measurements has been developed using Nafion®-crystal violet (CV) films. This sensor can be used to calibrate relative humidity (RH) in the range 0-0.25% with a detection limit (blank signal + 3σb, where σb = the standard deviation (S.D.) of the blank signal) of 0.018% RH (∼4.37 ppm) and exhibited low hysteresis. The sensor films were fully reversible in dry nitrogen and reversal times were shown to be dependent on exposure time and % RH. The response to 1% RH was highly reproducible (S.D. = 1.67%, number of samples (n) = 5). Hydrogen chloride gas did not interfere with the response of the sensor to RH but did reduce sensor reversal times. This sensor displayed sufficient sensitivity that it could be used to detect ppm levels of moisture in process gases such as nitrogen and HCl. |
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| Keywords: | ANN, artificial neural networks a.u., arbitrary units CO2, carbon dioxide CoCl2, cobalt (II) chloride CV, crystal violet H, hydrogen HCl, hydrogen chloride HPC, hydroxypropylcellulose kHz, kilohertz LiCl, lithium chloride N2, nitrogen NH3, ammonia NIR, near-infrared nm, nanometres NO2, nitrogen dioxide PCS, plastic clad silica PMMA, polymethylmethacrylate ppm, parts per million (v/v) PVA, poly(vinyl alcohol) r, correlation coefficient RH, relative humidity S.D., standard deviation s/n, signal/noise ratio wt, weight |
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