Press information To download a 300dpi print quality image, go to www.parkfield.co.uk/city-uk Five new liquid electrolyte hydride sensors offer improved performance in demanding environments Released 05 January 2010 City Technology, the global leader in the design and manufacture of gas sensors for use in fixed and portable life safety monitoring equipment, has enhanced and extended its premium Sensoric family of hydride exotic gas sensors. Certain hydride gases, notably arsine, silane, phosphine, diborane and hydrogen selenide, play a critical part in semiconductor, photovoltaic material and metal leaching manufacturing processes, but, given their highly toxic, corrosive and explosive nature, exhaustive monitoring is essential to ensure safe work environments and properly functioning processes. The new generation sensors all use a patented ionic liquid electrolyte to provide much improved output level stability, responsiveness and overall performance improvements in the aggressive environments in which they operate. The new arsine and silane sensors are improved versions of existing gel based devices, and three new sensors, characterised to detect phosphine, diborane and hydrogen selenide, have also been introduced. The ionic liquid combination has excellent thermal stability with no measurable vapour pressure, giving outstanding results when subjected to wide variations in operating temperature, relative humidity and gas flow rates. *** Ends: body copy 173 words *** Notes to Editors. For further information: Rob White City Technology Limited City Technology Centre Walton Road Portsmouth PO6 1SZ Tel: + 44 2392 325511 Fax: + 44 2392 386611 sensors@citytech.com www.citytech.com Agency contact: Nigel May Parkfield Communications Limited Parkfield House Damerham Hants SP6 3HQ tel: + 44 (0)1725 518321 fax: + 44 (0)1725 518378 nigel.may@parkfield.co.uk www.parkfield.co.uk City Technology is owned by Honeywell and is the world's leading manufacturer of gas sensors for use in fixed and portable life safety equipment. Honeywell International (www.honeywell.com) is a Fortune 100 diversified technology and manufacturing leader, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive products; turbochargers; and specialty materials. Based in Morris Township, N.J., Honeywell's shares are traded on the New York, London, and Chicago Stock Exchanges. For more news and information on Honeywell, please visit www.honeywellnow.com.