The work of an optical sensor for determining the concentration of alcohols, in particular methanol, ethanol and isopropanol, based on a liquid crystal sensitive element, was studied. The sensitive element is a mixture of cholesteric liquid crystal CB15 and nematic impurity E7. The detection and reaction of the sensitive element to the presence of alcohol vapors is investigated.
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