Secondhand Smoke Detector (IMAGE)

Dartmouth College

Secondhand Smoke Detector

Caption

Smaller and lighter than a cellphone and about the size of a Matchbox car, the device uses polymer films to collect and measure nicotine in the air.

Credit

Eli Burakian, Dartmouth

Usage Restrictions

None

License

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