International Business Machines Corporation
CORROSIVE SUBSTANCE DETECTION FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES

Abstract:

Techniques for corrosive substance detection for electronic devices are described herein. An aspect includes applying an electrical bias to a detector structure of a corrosive substance detector, wherein a layer of a hydrophilic gel is located over an electrode of the detector structure. Another aspect includes monitoring a resistance of the detector structure. Another aspect includes, based on determining that the resistance of the detector structure has dropped below a minimum resistance, indicating exposure to a corrosive substance by the corrosive substance detector.