Verfahren, Sensorelement und Gassensor zum Nachweis von Stickstoffdioxid

摘要

A mixture of a diazotizing reagent which reacts with nitrous ions to produce a diazo compound, a coupling reagent which couples with a diazo compound to produce an azo dye, and an acid is placed in pores of a transparent porous body to prepare a sensor element (103a). Nitrogen dioxide gas is sensed in accordance with a color change before and after the sensor element is exposed to air to be measured for a predetermined time. In a preferred embodiment, the diazotizing reagent is sulfanilic acid and the coupling reagent is N,N'-dimethylnaphthylamine (DMNA). A compact photometer for use with the sensor element is also described.