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The Use Of An E-tongue For Discriminating Ethanol/water Mixtures And Determination Of Their Water Content
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Sensors And Actuators B: Chemical. ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA, n. 230, p. 566 - 570.
0925-4005
WOS:000374329300072
10.1016/j.snb.2016.02.080
Autor
de Queiroz
DP; Florentino
AD; Bruno
JC; da Silva
JHD; Riul
A; Giacometti
JA
Institución
Resumen
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) This paper discusses the applicability of an electronic tongue (e-tongue) based on capacitance measurements to determine the water content in ethanol. The e-tongue consisted of an array of interdigitated electrodes coated with ultrathin films of gallium nitrate and titanium dioxide, which were robust against attack by ethanol. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was used to treat the capacitance data for discriminating ethanol/water mixtures even in cases with very small water contents. Discrimination is easier if the water added to ethanol contains ions, as is the case of tap water or if NaCl is added to the mixtures. With this e-tongue we were able to quantify the water content through a linear relationship between the first principal component (PCl) and the added water to the biofuel. Therefore, we have proven to be possible to measure the water content precisely, which is one of the major problems in ethanol biofuel adulteration nowadays. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 230
566 570 FAPESP CAPES CNPQ Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)