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Accession Number:
ADA183694
Title:
Relationship of Surface Acoustic Wave Vapor Sensor Responses to Thermodynamic Parameters for Gas Solubility: Polymer/Gas Partition Coefficients for Fluoropolyol.
Descriptive Note:
Memorandum rept.,
Corporate Author:
NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC
Report Date:
1987-07-29
Pagination or Media Count:
49.0
Abstract:
Surface acoustic wave SAW devices coated with a thin film of a stationary phase sense chemical vapors in the gas phase by detecting the mass of the vapor which distribute into the stationary phase. This distribution can be described by the partition coefficient, which gives the ratio of the concentration of the vapor in the stationary phase to the concentration of the vapor in the gas phase. An equation is presented which allows partition coefficients to be calculated from SAW vapor sensor frequency shifts. Partition coefficients for nine vapors into SAW coating fluoropolyol have been determined by this method, using both 112 MHz and 158 MHz SAW devices. Partition coefficients have also been determined independently by GLC and the results are is good agreement. The relationship between SAW frequency shifts and partition coefficients allows SAW sensor responses to be predicted if the partition coefficient has been measured by GLC, or if the partition coefficient can be estimated by various correlation methods being developed. Keywords Surface acoustic wave, Microsensor, Vapor sensor, Fluoropolyol, Partition coefficient, Gas liquid chromatography.
Distribution Statement:
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
