CALIBRATION OF A WINDOWLESS PHOTOACOUSTIC CELL FOR DETECTION OF TRACE GASES

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作者
ANGELI, GZ
SOLYOM, AM
MIKLOS, A
BICANIC, DD
机构
[1] HUNGARIAN ACAD SCI,INST ISOTOPES,H-1525 BUDAPEST,HUNGARY
[2] AGR UNIV WAGENINGEN,DEPT AGR ENGN & PHYS,LASER PHOTOACOUST LAB,6701 AP WAGENINGEN,NETHERLANDS
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10.1021/ac00026a012
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O65 [分析化学];
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070302 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The instrumental figure of performance, F, of a windowless, gas-phase photoacoustic cell, defined as the ratio of the normalized photoacoustic signal to the absorbance, is shown to be dependent on the sample, in contrast to previous assumptions. However, for a particular gas, F is independent of concentration in the ppm range. A method of calibration of such a cell is outlined in the absorbance range from 2 X 10(-6) to 5 X 10(-3). The estimated detection limits at a signal to noise ratio of unity were 7.4 ppm, 0.43 ppb, and 1.3 ppb for carbon dioxide, ammonia, and ethylene, respectively.
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