- Author
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Lundstrom, I.
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Shivaraman, M. S.
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Stiblert, L.
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Svensson, C.
- Title
- Hydrogen in Smoke Detected by the Pd-Gate Field-Effect Transistor.
- Coporate
- Chalmers Univ. of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Journal
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Review of Scientific Instruments,
Vol. 47,
No. 6,
738-740,
June 1976
- Keywords
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hydrogen
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smoke
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fire alarm systems
- Identifiers
- detection systems
- Abstract
- A recently developed hydrogen-sensitive Pd-gate MOS-transitor was used to detect small amounts of hydrogen in smoke. It is shown that the device can be used to detect a fire before it has really started and therefore has a potential application as a fire alarm.