Optical sensor for ammonia based on the inner filter effect of fluorescence
- 1 March 1994
- journal article
- fluorescence sensing
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Fluorescence
- Vol. 4 (1) , 41-44
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01876651
Abstract
A new indicator-immobilization technique for the development of a sensor material for monitoring ammonia gas in aqueous solutions in presented. It is based on the change in absorbance intensity of a lipophilized pH indicator homogeneously dissolved in silicone rubber. Exposure to ammonia leads to a deprotonation of the indicator and this increases the absorbance of the base form of the indicator bromophenol blue. The sensor responds over a 17 μg/L to 17 mg/L concentration range, with a detection limit of 12 μg/L.Keywords
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