{"id":24597,"date":"2025-10-27T04:41:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T23:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=24597"},"modified":"2025-10-30T12:26:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T06:56:20","slug":"evidential-breath-analyzer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/evidential-breath-analyzer\/","title":{"rendered":"Evidential Breath Analyzer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Evidential Breath Analyzer:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an <strong>Instrument that measures and displays the breath alcohol<\/strong> mass concentration of exhaled human breath within specified error limits.<\/li>\n<li>It provides a <strong>non-invasive way to measure blood alcohol content<\/strong>, offering quick and painless sample collection.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Working of Breath Analyser<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>In the case of alcohol detection, a precise amount of a person\u2019s exhaled breath is passed through a solution of <strong>potassium dichromate and sulfuric acid in the analyzer.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>change in the colour<\/strong> of the solution is <strong>proportional to the amount of alcohol<\/strong> in the air sample, which in turn is directly related to the alcohol content of the blood.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Evidential Breath Analysers needs to be verified and stamped according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/legal-metrology\/\" target=\"_blank\">Legal Metrology<\/a><strong> Act, 2009<\/strong>, to ensure their accuracy.<\/li>\n<li>The rapid analysis capabilities allow law enforcement officers to make swift, informed decisions, enhancing the effectiveness of roadside checks.<\/li>\n<li>This verification protects individuals from <strong>wrongful penalties<\/strong> due to faulty equipment and helps maintain the integrity of legal and workplace policies.\n<ul>\n<li>The availability of stamped and verified Evidential Breath Analysers to the public can <strong>raise awareness about<\/strong> the <strong>effects of alcohol on impairment<\/strong> and the legal limits for safe operation of vehicles and machinery. This encourages responsible behavior and informed decision-making.<\/li>\n<li>The rules are applicable to those types of Evidential Breath Analysers that use <strong>mouthpieces for sampling the breath.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What is Sulfuric acid (H2SO4)?<\/h3>\n<p>Sulfuric acid is a corrosive substance, destructive to the skin, eyes, teeth, and lungs. Severe exposure can result in death.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2029273\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Department of Consumer Affairs introduces draft rules for Evidential Breath Analyzer for measurement and display of breath alcohol mass concentration under the Legal Metrology (General) Rules, 2011<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evidential Breath Analyzer is an Instrument that measures and displays the breath alcohol mass concentration of exhaled human breath within specified error limits<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":24598,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24597","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}