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Catalysts Used in Calorimetric (Combustion-Type) Gas Sensors

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The calorimetric gas sensor is a device which uses calorimetry as the transduction principle and operates by measuring the heat of a reaction on the sensor surface. It is known that the exothermic nature of the combustion (the oxidation reaction) causes a rise in temperature. The effectiveness of combustion-type gas sensors depends on the efficiency of the catalysts used and the present chapter analyzes these catalysts and compares their porformances. The chapter includes 5 figures, 1 table, and 28 references.

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Korotcenkov, G. (2013). Catalysts Used in Calorimetric (Combustion-Type) Gas Sensors. In: Handbook of Gas Sensor Materials. Integrated Analytical Systems. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7165-3_11

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