Elastomeric ozone concentration detector

Authors
Mott, PH Roland, CM
Citation
Ph. Mott et Cm. Roland, Elastomeric ozone concentration detector, MAT SCI E A, 317(1-2), 2001, pp. 65-69
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Material Science & Engineering
Journal title
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING
ISSN journal
09215093 → ACNP
Volume
317
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
65 - 69
Database
ISI
SICI code
0921-5093(20011031)317:1-2<65:EOCD>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Micron-sized surface cracks develop in polybutadiene when stretched and exp osed to ozone. The consequent reduction in the transparency of the rubber p rovides a method for quantifying the ambient ozone concentration. The rate at which opacity develops depends linearly on the amount of ozone, and incr eases with increasing strain. This method of detecting atmospheric ozone ha s high sensitivity (I ppb) and a broad dynamic range. The crack morphology can be interpreted in terms of nucleation and growth, (C) 2001 Elsevier Sci ence B.V. All rights reserved.