Airborne measurements of sulfur dioxide, dimethyl sulfide, carbon disulfide, and carbonyl sulfide by isotope dilution gas chromatography/mass spectrometry
- Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States)
A gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer is described for determining atmospheric sulfur dioxide, carbon disulfide, dimethyl sulfide, and carbonyl sulfide from aircraft and ship platforms. Isotopically labelled variants of each analyte were used as internal standards to achieve high precision. The lower limit of detection for each species for an integration time of 3 min was 1 pptv for sulfur dioxide and dimethyl sulfide and 0.2 pptv for carbon disulfide and carbonyl sulfide. All four species were simultaneously determined with a sample frequency of one sample per 6 min or greater. When only one or two species were determined, a frequency of one sample per 4 min was achieved. Because a calibration is included in each sample, no separate calibration sequence was needed. Instrument warmup was only a few minutes. The instrument was very robust in field deployments, requiring little maintenance.
- Research Organization:
- NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 85501
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 98, Issue D12; Other Information: PBD: Dec 1993
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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