• DOI:10.1080/00085030.2005.10757592
Corpus ID: 71491953

Determining the Air/Water Partition Coefficient to Employ when Calibrating Forensic Breath Alcohol Test Instruments

@article{Gullberg2005DeterminingTA,
  title={Determining the Air/Water Partition Coefficient to Employ when Calibrating Forensic Breath Alcohol Test Instruments},
  author={R. Gullberg},
  journal={Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal},
  year={2005},
  volume={38},
  pages={205 - 212}
}

• R. Gullberg
• Published 2005
• Mathematics
• Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal

ABSTRACT Calibrating and testing forensic breath test instruments using wet-bath simulators heated to 34°C is fundamentally dependent on the assumed air/water partition coefficient for ethanol employed. Models developed from the early experimental work of Harger et al. (1950), defining the partition coefficient as a function of temperature, have formed the basis for many calibration and testing protocols. However, it appears these models may have been developed from the inappropriate fitting of… Expand

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