New Approaches to Measuring Sticky Molecules: Improvement of Instrumental Response Times Using Active Passivation
A novel method has been developed to improve sampling system response times for nominally “sticky” molecules such as HNO3 and NH3. The method reported here makes use of active, continuous passivation, where the instrument interfaces are continuously exposed to 0.01–1 ppm of fluorinated acidic or bas...
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Veröffentlicht in: | The journal of physical chemistry. A, Molecules, spectroscopy, kinetics, environment, & general theory Molecules, spectroscopy, kinetics, environment, & general theory, 2016-03, Vol.120 (9), p.1347-1357 |
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Zusammenfassung: | A novel method has been developed to improve sampling system response times for nominally “sticky” molecules such as HNO3 and NH3. The method reported here makes use of active, continuous passivation, where the instrument interfaces are continuously exposed to 0.01–1 ppm of fluorinated acidic or basic surfactants. To reduce HNO3 response times, perfluoroheptanoic acid and perfluorobutanesulfonic acid vapors are evaluated as passivation species. 1H,1H-perfluorooctylamine is used to improve NH3 response times. The resulting time responses using the perfluoroalkanoic acids are on the order of 0.4–0.7 s for a 75% quantitative recovery of HNO3, and 1–5 s for 90% recovery. Similar response time improvements are seen in detection of NH3 using perfluorooctylamine ( |
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ISSN: | 1089-5639 1520-5215 |
DOI: | 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b04395 |