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When you retain Jack I. Hyatt, you will get the very best oportunity to get your case dismissed prior to trial. Jack I. Hyatt is a aggressive lawyer for DUI, speeding, radar and driving on a suspended license. He is a past assistant state's attorney, has gained experience is over 20,000 cases, thoroughly knows the state's play book and is able to use it to provide you with the best possible defense, get your case dismissed prior to trial and keep your license.
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Types of Devices: BreathalyzerThere are three major types of breath alcohol testing devices, and they're based on different principles:
Breathalyzer - Uses a chemical reaction involving alcohol that produces a color change Regardless of the type, each device has a mouthpiece, a tube through which the suspect blows air, and a sample chamber where the air goes. The rest of the device varies with the type.
BreathalyzerThe Breathalyzer device contains:
A system to sample the breath of the suspect Types of Devices: IntoxilyzerThis device uses infrared (IR) spectroscopy, which identifies molecules based on the way they absorb IR light.Molecules are constantly vibrating, and these vibrations change when the molecules absorb IR light. The changes in vibration include the bending and stretching of various bonds. Each type of bond within a molecule absorbs IR at different wavelengths. So, to identify ethanol in a sample, you have to look at the wavelengths of the bonds in ethanol (C-O, O-H, C-H, C-C) and measure the absorption of IR light. The absorbed wavelengths help to identify the substance as ethanol, and the amount of IR absorption tells you how much ethanol is there.
Types of Devices: Alcosensor III or IVModern fuel-cell technology (which may power our cars and even our houses some day) has been applied to breath-alcohol detectors. Devices like the Alcosensor III and IV use fuel cells.The fuel cell has two platinum electrodes with a porous acid-electrolyte material sandwiched between them. As the exhaled air from the suspect flows past one side of the fuel cell, the platinum oxidizes any alcohol in the air to produce acetic acid, protons and electrons.
Oxidation of AlcoholIf you strip off hydrogens from the right carbon of ethanol in the presence of oxygen, you get acetic acid, the main component in vinegar. The molecular structure of acetic acid looks like this:
O where C is carbon, H is hydrogen, O is oxygen, the hyphen is a single chemical bond between the atoms and the || symbol is a double bond between the atoms. For clarity, the bonds of the three hydrogen atoms to the left carbon atom are not shown. When ethanol is oxidized to acetic acid, two protons and two electrons are also produced.
The electrons flow through a wire from the platinum electrode. The wire is connected to an electrical-current meter and to the platinum electrode on the other side. The protons move through the lower portion of the fuel cell and combine with oxygen and the electrons on the other side to form water. The more alcohol that becomes oxidized, the greater the electrical current. A microprocessor measures the electrical current and calculates the BAC.
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