Atomic emission detector with gas chromatographic separation and cryogenic pre-concentration (CryoTrap–GC–AED) for atmospheric trace gas measurements
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Published:2021-03-04
Issue:3
Volume:14
Page:1817-1831
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ISSN:1867-8548
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Container-title:Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Atmos. Meas. Tech.
Author:
Karu EinarORCID, Li MengzeORCID, Ernle LisaORCID, Brenninkmeijer Carl A. M., Lelieveld JosORCID, Williams Jonathan
Abstract
Abstract. A gas detection system has been developed, characterized,
and deployed for pressurized gas-phase sample analyses and near-real-time
online measurements. It consists of a cryogenic pre-concentrator (CryoTrap), a gas chromatograph (GC), and a new high-resolution atomic emission detector
(AED III HR). Here the CryoTrap–GC–AED instrumental setup is presented, and
the performance for iodine (1635 ± 135 counts I atom−1 pptv−1), sulfur (409 ± 57 counts S atom−1 pptv−1),
carbon (636 ± 69 counts C atom−1 pptv−1), bromine (9.1 ± 1.8 counts Br atom−1 pptv−1), and nitrogen (28 ± 2 counts N atom−1 pptv−1) emission lines is reported and discussed.
The limits of detection (LODs) are in the low parts per trillion by volume range (0.5–9.7 pptv),
and the signal is linear to at least 4 orders of magnitude, which makes it a
suitable method for diverse volatile organic compound (VOC) measurements in
the atmosphere, even in remote unpolluted regions. The new system was
utilized in a field study in a boreal forest at Hyytiälä, Finland, in
late summer 2016, which made monoterpene measurements possible among other
VOCs. Furthermore, pressurized global whole-air samples, collected on board
the Lufthansa Airbus A340-600 IAGOS–CARIBIC aircraft in the upper
troposphere and lower stratosphere region, were measured with the new setup,
providing data for many VOCs, including the long-lived organosulfur compound
carbonyl sulfide.
Publisher
Copernicus GmbH
Subject
Atmospheric Science
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