- Author
- Lundstrom, I. | Shivaraman, M. S. | Stiblert, L. | Svensson, C.
- Title
- Hydrogen in Smoke Detected by the Pd-Gate Field-Effect Transistor.
- Coporate
- Chalmers Univ. of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Journal
- Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 47, No. 6, 738-740, June 1976
- Keywords
- hydrogen | smoke | 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.