Ultratrace detector for hand-held gas chromatography
Abstract
An ultratrace detector system for hand-held gas chromatography having high sensitivity, for example, to emissions generated during production of weapons, biological compounds, drugs, etc. The detector system is insensitive to water, air, helium, argon, oxygen, and C0.sub.2. The detector system is basically composed of a hand-held capillary gas chromatography (GC), an insulated heated redox-chamber, a detection chamber, and a vapor trap. For example, the detector system may use gas phase redox reactions and spectral absorption of mercury vapor. The gas chromatograph initially separates compounds that percolate through a bed of heated mercuric oxide (HgO) in a silica--or other metal--aerogel material which acts as an insulator. Compounds easily oxidized by HgO liberate atomic mercury that subsequently pass through a detection chamber which includes a detector cell, such as quartz, that is illuminated with a 254 nm ultra-violet (UV) mercury discharge lamp which generates the exact mercury absorption bands that are used to detect the liberated mercury atoms. Atomic mercury strongly absorbs 254 nm energy is therefore a specific signal for reducing compounds eluting from the capillary GC, whereafter the atomic mercury is trapped for example, in a silicon-aerogel trap.
- Inventors:
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- Livermore, CA
- Bethal Island, CA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 872647
- Patent Number(s):
- 5980832
- Assignee:
- Regents of University of California (Oakland, CA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- ultratrace; detector; hand-held; gas; chromatography; sensitivity; example; emissions; generated; production; weapons; biological; compounds; drugs; etc; insensitive; water; air; helium; argon; oxygen; c0; basically; composed; capillary; gc; insulated; heated; redox-chamber; detection; chamber; vapor; trap; phase; redox; reactions; spectral; absorption; mercury; chromatograph; initially; separates; percolate; bed; mercuric; oxide; hgo; silica-or; metal-aerogel; material; insulator; easily; oxidized; liberate; atomic; subsequently; pass; cell; quartz; illuminated; 254; nm; ultra-violet; discharge; lamp; generates; exact; bands; detect; liberated; atoms; strongly; absorbs; energy; specific; signal; reducing; eluting; whereafter; trapped; silicon-aerogel; absorption band; redox reaction; gas chromatography; discharge lamp; gas phase; gas chromatograph; mercury vapor; vapor trap; absorption bands; basically composed; detector cell; capillary gas; emissions generated; ultratrace detector; hand-held gas; capillary gc; aerogel material; biological compounds; /422/
Citation Formats
Andresen, Brian D, and Miller, Fred S. Ultratrace detector for hand-held gas chromatography. United States: N. p., 1999.
Web.
Andresen, Brian D, & Miller, Fred S. Ultratrace detector for hand-held gas chromatography. United States.
Andresen, Brian D, and Miller, Fred S. Fri .
"Ultratrace detector for hand-held gas chromatography". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/872647.
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abstractNote = {An ultratrace detector system for hand-held gas chromatography having high sensitivity, for example, to emissions generated during production of weapons, biological compounds, drugs, etc. The detector system is insensitive to water, air, helium, argon, oxygen, and C0.sub.2. The detector system is basically composed of a hand-held capillary gas chromatography (GC), an insulated heated redox-chamber, a detection chamber, and a vapor trap. For example, the detector system may use gas phase redox reactions and spectral absorption of mercury vapor. The gas chromatograph initially separates compounds that percolate through a bed of heated mercuric oxide (HgO) in a silica--or other metal--aerogel material which acts as an insulator. Compounds easily oxidized by HgO liberate atomic mercury that subsequently pass through a detection chamber which includes a detector cell, such as quartz, that is illuminated with a 254 nm ultra-violet (UV) mercury discharge lamp which generates the exact mercury absorption bands that are used to detect the liberated mercury atoms. Atomic mercury strongly absorbs 254 nm energy is therefore a specific signal for reducing compounds eluting from the capillary GC, whereafter the atomic mercury is trapped for example, in a silicon-aerogel trap.},
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