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Ceramic Sensors Technology and Applications

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by CRC Press

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From the Author's Preface Ceramic sensors have been in use for more than thirty years. Since ceramics exhibit a number of specific characteristics that enable their cost to become lower and their reliability to increase, they have occupied a significant position in sensor technology. This is why many companies and universities have directed their efforts towards investigating and developing new... Read more

Preface
Introduction
Definitions and Classifications of Sensors
Sensors

Classification of Sensors

Ceramic Sensors
Physical-Chemical and Technological Principles of Ceramic Sensors
Ceramics-Basic Concepts, Classification Physical and Chemical Bases of Ceramic Sensor Operation Technological Principles of Ceramic Sensors

Operating Principles of the Sensors Made of Porous Semiconductor Ceramics
Ceramic Humidity Sensors
Fundamental Aspects of Humidity. Classification of Ceramic Humidity Sensors

Basic Parameters and Characteristics of the Ceramic Humidity Sensors-Requirements

Semiconductive Humidity Sensors

Ceramic Humidity Sensors of Proton-Type Conductivity

Pore Structure Control and Control of the Sensitivity of Ceramic Humidity Sensors

Testing and Stabilization of Ceramic Humidity Sensor Parameters

Ceramic Humidity Sensors Made of Solid Electrolytes

Ceramic Humidity Sensors Manufactured by Some Companies
Ceramic Gas Sensors
Classification of the Ceramic Gas Sensors

Parameters and Characteristics of the Resistive Gas Sensors

Methods for Control of the Selectivity and the Sensitivity of the Ceramic Gas Sensors

Principle of Operation and Classification of the Ceramic Sensors Made of Solid Electrolytes

Reducing Gas Ceramic Sensors

Ceramic Alcohol Sensors

Ceramic Odor and Product Quality Sensors

Ceramic Sensors for Other Gases Ceramic Oxygen Sensors

Ceramic Gas Sensors Manufactured by Some Companies
Ceramic Temperature Sensors
Classification of the Ceramic Temperature Sensors NTCThermistors

PTC-Thermistors

CTR-Thermistors (Critical Temperature Resistors)

Capacitive Ceramic Temperature Sensors

NTC- and PTC-Thermistors Manufactured by Some Companies
Ceramic Pressure Sensors
Multifunctional Ceramic Sensors
Humidity-Gas and Temperature-Humidity Ceramic Sensors

Temperature-Humidity-Gas Ceramic Sensors
Application of Ceramic Sensors
Application of Ceramic-Humidity Sensors

Application of Gas Sensors

Application of Ceramic Temperature Sensors
References, Index, Authors