TY - GEN
T1 - Design of a portable, battery powered quadruple mass spectrometer system for real-time sampling of materials
AU - Porter, T. L.
AU - Dillingham, T. R.
AU - Cornelison, D. M.
AU - Venedam, R. J.
AU - Williams, G.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - We have constructed a low cost, portable, battery-powered quadrupole mass spectrometer for use in the analysis of gaseous, liquid or solid field samples. The system may be configured for continuous sampling of ambient gas samples, or for the analysis of small solid, liquid or gas samples in sealed glass vials. The system is capable of measuring partial pressures down to the 10 -10 Torr range, and may be operated on battery power for several hours in a field deployment. In this paper, we present information on the design and testing of the instrument, as well as data taken on chlorinated hydrocarbons and other contaminants in water.
AB - We have constructed a low cost, portable, battery-powered quadrupole mass spectrometer for use in the analysis of gaseous, liquid or solid field samples. The system may be configured for continuous sampling of ambient gas samples, or for the analysis of small solid, liquid or gas samples in sealed glass vials. The system is capable of measuring partial pressures down to the 10 -10 Torr range, and may be operated on battery power for several hours in a field deployment. In this paper, we present information on the design and testing of the instrument, as well as data taken on chlorinated hydrocarbons and other contaminants in water.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79951614116
SN - 9781617820533
T3 - Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
SP - 29
EP - 34
BT - Materials Science of Water Purification
T2 - 2009 MRS Spring Meeting
Y2 - 13 April 2009 through 17 April 2009
ER -