Carbon monoxide detectors are in widespread use in the workplace and home. Metal oxide (e.g. SnO 2

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Carbon monoxide detectors are in widespread use in the workplace and home. Metal oxide (e.g. SnO2) semiconductor and electrochemical sensors are commonly used. 

(a) Explain how an SnO2 sensor for CO works. 

(b) An electrochemical sensor employs platinum electrodes with aqueous sulfuric acid as the electrolyte. CO is oxidized at the anode. Write half equations for the anode and cathode reactions. Outline how the cell works as a quantitative sensor for CO.

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Inorganic Chemistry

ISBN: 9781292134147

5th Edition

Authors: Catherine Housecroft

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