Beschreibung:
The book provides the reader with a profound knowledge of basic principles, properties and preferred applications of diverse kinds of CO2 measurement. It shows the advantages, disadvantages and limitations of several methods and gives a comprehensive overview of both possible applications and corresponding boundary conditions. Applications reach from environmental monitoring to safety control to biotechnology and food control and finally to medicine.
PART I GENERALIntroductionCarbon DioxideCO2 in generalPhysical Properties of CO2Chemical Properties of CO2CO2 CycleUsesPART II EX SITU METHODS: CHEMICAL ANALYTICAL PRINCIPLESAnalytical MethodsPART III IN SITU METHODS: CHEMICAL SENSOR PRINCIPLESPotentiometric Sensors with Liquid ElectrolytesPotentiometric Sensors with Solid ElectrolyteCoulometric SensorsConductometric SensorsOpto-chemical Sensors PART IV IN SITU METHODS: PHYSICAL PRINCIPLESNon-dispersive Infrared SensorsTunable Diode Laser SpectroscopyPhotoacoustic SpectroscopyFiber-optic Fluorescence SensorsAcoustic SensorsPART V COMPARISON OF METHODSSurvey and Comparison of MethodsPART VI APPLICATIONSEnvironmental MonitoringSafety ControlBiotechnology and Process ControlBioreactorsBiologyFood Production and ControlMedicine