title: Identification of metal ion solutions using acoustic plate mode devices and pattern recognition.
abstract: The temperature dependence of acoustic plate mode (APM) devices used as probes for dilute electrolytes is described. Specifically, the probe responses that consist of the frequency change and device loss were studied for dilute aqueous solutions of alkali metal ions. It is shown that by integrating the temperature dependence of the APM probe responses with pattern recognition techniques, valuable information about the solutions can be obtained that include identification and quantification. A preliminary investigation of the feasibility of identifying binary mixtures of the alkali metal ion solutions using only the temperature responses showed good results.
authors.affiliation: Angewandte Physikalische Chemie, Heidelberg Univ.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dahint
authors.forename: Z A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Shana
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Josse
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Riedel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grunze