Development of Acetone Liquid Concentration Detection Sensor by Using Fiber Optic for Diabetic Level Detection

Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia

^* Corresponding author: ashadi@utem.edu.my

Abstract

The design of current fiber optic sensor technology especially when related to the chemical still requires a certain degree of the quantitative reliability. The acetone is one of chemical found in the bodily fluid for diabetic person and it would be obvious during fasting. The acetone level could be monitored which is indicate the severity of the diabetes. In this experiment, 4 samples of acetone are used with different concentrations between 20% until 80%. It is represented four different level of diabetic. Fiber optic would be dipped in every concentration before measuring process. Each concentration presented in different line graph and analyze for sensitivity value using statistical method. By using 1550nm wavelength of light source, the maximum sensitivity of 1.064 is obtained at second slope for 40% of concentration, respectively. This is showed that fiber optic sensor could be use as diabetic level sensor. However this sensor would be in high performance at 40% concentration of acetone.