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A Surface Acoustic Wave Mercury Vapor Sensor, Reichl B. Haskell
A Surface Acoustic Wave Mercury Vapor Sensor, Reichl B. Haskell
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An ST cut quartz 261 MHz surface acoustic wave (SAW) delay line mercury vapor sensor was designed, fabricated, and tested. A gold sensing film was sputtered onto the delay path of a SAW device to collect mercury for detection. The sensor's ability to detect mercury was due to the strong interaction between gold and mercury, known as amalgamation. In the present work, a large number of gold films of various thicknesses were exposed to low concentrations of gaseous mercury. It was shown for thinner films (i.e. 25A) the total amount of mercury that could be absorbed was limited; however, the …