Abstract
For stand-alone sensor systems apart from defined laboratory circumstances sensors are required, which show a high stability against perturbing environmental influences like the relative humidity (r.h.). We present a portable sensor system, which is capable to quantify tetrachloroethene (TCE) in humid air. The system works highly reproducible and shows only negligible cross-sensitivity towards relative humidity. This allows a single calibration valid from 0 to 80% r.h.. Therefore, referencing with an extra sensor for humidity is not necessary. Binary mixtures of TCE and freone R113 were quantified for 0 and 40% r.h. with a root mean square error of prediction of approximately 3% with respect to the maximum concentration of TCE and R113. The sensitive elements used in the experiments consisted of thin polymer films on glass substrates. The measurements were performed with the optical measurement technique RIfS (Reflectometric Interference Spectroscopy).
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