Detecting Pesticide Residue by Using Modulating Temperature Over a Single SnO2-Based Gas Sensor

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Detecting Pesticide Residue by Using Modulating Temperature Over a Single SnO₂-Based Gas Sensor

Xingjiu Huang ^1,2, Jinhuai Liu ^1,3^,* , Zongxin Pi ¹ and Zengliang Yu ³

¹ Hefei Institute of Intelligent Machines, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, P. R. China ² Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, P.R.China ³ Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, P.R. China

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Received: 30 May 2003 / Accepted: 23 July 2003 / Published: 11 September 2003

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Abstract: A new rapid detecting method (called dynamic measurements ) was reported to detect and distinguish the presence of two pesticide gases in the ambient atmosphere. The method employed only a single SnO2-based gas sensor in a rectangular temperature mode to perform the qualitative analysis of a binary gas mixture (acephate and trichlorphon) in air. Polar plots was used for quantitative analysis which the feature extraction was performed by FFT. Experimental results showed that high selectivity of the sensor achieved in the range of 250~300⁰C and modulating frequency 20mHz, one can easily observe the qualitative difference among the response to pure acephate and trichlorphon gases of the same concentration and to the mixture, and the concentration of pesticide gases can be obtained based on the changes of polar plots.

Keywords: SnO2 gas sensor; modulating temperature; Pesticide residue

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Huang, X.; Liu, J.; Pi, Z.; Yu, Z. Detecting Pesticide Residue by Using Modulating Temperature Over a Single SnO₂-Based Gas Sensor. Sensors 2003, 3, 361-370.

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Huang X., Liu J., Pi Z., Yu Z. Detecting Pesticide Residue by Using Modulating Temperature Over a Single SnO₂-Based Gas Sensor. Sensors. 2003; 3(9):361-370.

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Huang, Xingjiu; Liu, Jinhuai; Pi, Zongxin; Yu, Zengliang. 2003. "Detecting Pesticide Residue by Using Modulating Temperature Over a Single SnO₂-Based Gas Sensor." Sensors 3, no. 9: 361-370.

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