Development of a membrane inlet mass spectrometric method for analysis of air samples

Raimo Ketola; Marja Ojala; Harri Sorsa; Tapio Kotiaho; Risto Kostiainen

doi:10.1016/S0003-2670(97)00198-0

Development of a membrane inlet mass spectrometric method for analysis of air samples

Raimo Ketola (Corresponding Author), Marja Ojala, Harri Sorsa, Tapio Kotiaho, Risto Kostiainen

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

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A sheet membrane inlet mass spectrometric (MIMS) method for the on-line analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in air at low μg/m³ levels was developed. The effects of the thickness of the membrane, the temperature of the membrane inlet and the flow rate of the sample on the responses and response times of some selected VOCs were studied in detail. Under optimised conditions the detection limits for the VOCs studied were 0.5–4 g m⁻³ and linear dynamic ranges were about four orders of magnitude. Response times of only a few seconds were recorded with a thin (25 μm) membrane. The developed MIMS method was applied to an analysis of air samples from an exhaust of a paintshop, where volatile organic solvents were used.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	359-365
Journal	Analytica Chimica Acta
Volume	349
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0003-2670(97)00198-0
Publication status	Published - 1997
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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