Astronauts in a space vehicle or in an extra planetary environment, as well as groundbased personnel working within or nearby spacecrafts can potentially be exposed to lethal amounts of hazardous gases. Space vehicles often use hydrazine and similar gases as fuel for some small engines. These gases can be extremely dangerous even in concentrations as low as tens of parts per billion. It is therefore important to be able to detect, identify, and quantify the presence of a gas, especially when its existence could result in serious injury or death.


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    Title :

    Nanosensors for the Evaluation of Hazardous Environments


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    COMS 2007 Nanotechnology Commercialization Conference ; 2007 ; Melbourne, Australia


    Publication date :

    2007-09-03


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English