ANALYTICAL METHOD FOR MEASURING TOTAL PROTIUM AND TOTAL DEUTERIUM IN A GAS MIXTURE CONTAINING H2, D2,AND HD VIA GAS CHAROMATOGRAPHY

Conference · Tue Aug 07 04:00:00 EDT 2007

OSTI ID:913129

Sessions, H

The most common analytical method of identifying and quantifying non-radioactive isotopic species of hydrogen is mass spectrometry. A low mass, high resolution mass spectrometer with adequate sensitivity and stability to identify and quantify hydrogen isotopes in the low ppm range is an expensive, complex instrument. A new analytical technique has been developed that measures both total protium (H) and total deuterium (D) in a gas mixture containing H{sub 2}, D{sub 2}, and HD using an inexpensive micro gas chromatograph (GC) with two molecular sieve columns. One column uses D{sub 2} as the carrier gas and the other uses H{sub 2} as the carrier gas. Laboratory tests have shown that when used in this configuration the GC can measure both total protium and total deuterium each with a detection and quantification limit of less than 20 ppm.

• Research Organization: SRS
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-96SR18500
• OSTI ID: 913129
• Report Number(s): WSRC-STI-2007-00416
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

08 HYDROGEN
CONFIGURATION
DETECTION
DEUTERIUM
HYDROGEN
HYDROGEN 1
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
MASS SPECTROMETERS
MASS SPECTROSCOPY
MIXTURES
MOLECULAR SIEVES
RESOLUTION
SENSITIVITY
STABILITY
TRITIUM