The present invention relates to soot sensors based on one-piece strip conductor structures, to methods for measuring soot, and to the use of heat conductor chips for soot measurement. For this purpose, the invention is based on the sensitivity of intensive variables, especially substance-specific variables.According to the invention, an electric soot sensor is provided, in which at least one chip is provided with at least one one-piece strip conductor having, in particular, two terminal panels, and the soot sensor has a soot determination facility that is adapted to determine an intensive or specific change of a surface.The inventive method is characterized by soot deposits causing a change of an intensive variable, especially of a thermospecific or electrical parameter of a chip, and by determination of said variable.