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Title: A fiber-optic spectrochemical emission sensor as a detector for volatile chlorinated compounds

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OSTI ID:6654121
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  1. Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
  2. Eastern Washington Univ., Cheney, WA (USA). Dept. of Physics

A radio frequency induced helium plasma (RFIHP) detector was designed and tested as a sensor for volatile chlorinated compounds. The RFIHP detector uses a critical orifice air inlet and an RF-excited sub-atmospheric pressure helium plasma to excite the ambient air sample. The excitation source is coupled to a fiber-optic cable and associated collection optics to monitor the emission intensity of the 837.6-nm emission line of chlorine. The RFIHP detector demonstrated linearity from 0 to 500 ppMv carbon tetrachloride with a correlation coefficient of 0.996 and excellent reproducibility. The detection limit for carbon tetrachloride in air was 5 ppMv. Fluorinated compounds can also be readily analyzed by changing the analytical wavelength to 739.9 nm. 10 refs., 9 figs.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE/NE
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
6654121
Report Number(s):
PNL-SA-17429; CONF-900402-9; ON: DE90016296; TRN: 90-028227
Resource Relation:
Conference: 199. national meeting of the American Chemical Society, Boston, MA (USA), 22-27 Apr 1990
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English