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Expanding the vision of sensor materials

Title
Expanding the vision of sensor materials / Committee on New Sensor Technologies: Materials and Applications, National Materials Advisory Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995.

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Additional Authors
  • Eror, Nicholas G.
  • National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on New Sensor Technologies: Materials and Applications.
  • National Research Council (U.S.). National Materials Advisory Board.
  • National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems.
Description
xii, 133 pages : illustrations; 28 cm
Subject
  • Detectors > Technological innovations
  • Scientific apparatus and instruments
  • Engineering instruments
Note
  • Committee chair: Nicholas G. Eror.
  • This study by the National Materials Advisory Board was conducted under Contract No. MDA-92-C-0028 with ARPA/NASA.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Ch. 1. Introduction to Sensors -- Ch. 2. Interdisciplinary Strategy -- Ch. 3. Selected Sensor Applications in Manufacturing -- Ch. 4. Selected Sensor Applications for Structural Monitoring and Control -- Ch. 5. LWIR Sensors -- Ch. 6. Chemical Sensors -- Ch. 7. Sensor Materials R&D Opportunities -- Ch. 8. General Conclusions and Recommendations -- Appendix A: Bibliography of Sensor Technology -- Appendix B: Sensor Technology Glossary - Definitions and Explanations of Descriptors and Other Terms -- Appendix C: An Illustrative Sensor Taxonomy -- Appendix D: Sensor Technology for Monitoring Polymer Curing -- Appendix E: Figures of Merit for Infrared Photodetectors -- Appendix F: Acoustic Wave Devices for Chemical Sensing -- Appendix G: Candidate Sensor Technologies for Detection of Chemical Weapons (Schedule II Compounds) -- Appendix H: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members.
ISBN
0309051754
LCCN
95069253
OCLC
  • 32835535
  • ocm32835535
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Columbia University Libraries