How do breathalyzers detect alcohol?

<p><strong>#111</strong></p><p>How can machines tell how much alcohol is in our blood, simply from checking our breath? Is it magic, or is it chemistry? I think you know the answer to that. But let's get into the details.</p><p>Like the show? <a href="http://www.ko-fi.com/chemforyourlife">Buy us a coffee to help keep our show going AND free.</a></p><p><a href="https://transistor.fm/how-to-start-a-podcast/?via=jam">How to start a podcast.</a> &lt;- Check this out if you've got a podcast idea you want to make happen!</p><p><strong>References from this episode</strong></p><ol> <li><a href="https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/presspacs/2016/acs-presspac-november-9-2016/toward-a-hand-held-breathalyzer-for-diagnosing-diabetes.html">https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/presspacs/2016/acs-presspac-november-9-2016/toward-a-hand-held-breathalyzer-for-diagnosing-diabetes.html</a></li> <li>Solomon’s organic chemistry 11th edition </li> <li><a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/ed063p897">https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/ed063p897</a></li> <li>Quantitative Chemical Analysis 7th edition Daniel C. Harris</li> </ol><p><br></p><p><br>Find us on <a href="http://instagram.com/chemforyourlife">Instagram</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/chemforyourlife">Twitter</a>, and <a href="http://facebook.com/chemforyourlife">Facebook</a> @ChemForYourLife.<br>Email us at <a>chemforyourlife@gmail.com</a><br>And check out our chill, simple little website at <a href="https://chemforyourlife.transistor.fm/">https://chemforyourlife.transistor.fm/</a><br>And seriously, we love using Transistor. <a href="https://transistor.fm/?via=jam">Check it out to be sure your podcast makes a bang.</a></p><p><strong><a rel="payment" title="★ Support this podcast ★" href="https://ko-fi.com/chemforyourlife">★ Support this podcast ★</a></strong></p>