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Three Different Sensor Methods for Methanol and Ethanol Determination

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Three different sensor-based methods for methanol and ethanol determination have been developed. Two of these consist of different enzyme electrodes using respectively alcohol oxidase or catalase immobilized in a k-Carrageenan gel layer overlapping an amperometric gaseous diffusion Clark type oxygen electrode. The third sensor is a small catalytic ‘fuel cell’ originally constructed for the purpose of obtaining energy from methanol or ethanol but now adapted for analytical purposes. The linearity ranges and LOD values for methanol and ethanol analysis obtained so far from three devices are optimized and compared.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, “Sapienza”, University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro, 5, 00185 Rome, Italy

    Mauro Tomassetti, Riccardo Angeloni, Mauro Castrucci & Giovanni Merola

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  1. Mauro Tomassetti
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Correspondence to Mauro Tomassetti .

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  1. Faculty of Bioscience and Technologies for Food Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, Mosciano S.A., Teramo, Italy

    Dario Compagnone

  2. Institute of Applied Physics IFAC-CNR, Firenze, Italy

    Francesco Baldini

  3. Dept. of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

    Corrado Di Natale

  4. University of Cassino, Cassino, Italy

    Giovanni Betta

  5. CNR, Head of Inst. of Microelectronics a, Lecce, Italy

    Pietro Siciliano

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Tomassetti, M., Angeloni, R., Castrucci, M., Merola, G. (2015). Three Different Sensor Methods for Methanol and Ethanol Determination. In: Compagnone, D., Baldini, F., Di Natale, C., Betta, G., Siciliano, P. (eds) Sensors. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 319. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09617-9_25

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