Rapid formaldehyde monitoring in ambient air by means of mid-infrared cavity leak-out spectroscopy
Rapid formaldehyde monitoring in ambient air by means of mid-infrared cavity leak-out spectroscopy
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DOI:
10.1007/s00340-002-0986-5
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发表时间:
2002-09-01
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
Mürtz, M
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作者:
Dahnke, H;Von Basum, G;Mürtz, M
We report the spectroscopic detection of formaldehyde in ambient air using cavity leak-out spectroscopy, a cw variant of cavity ring-down spectroscopy. This technique proved to be suitable for a real-time quantitative analysis of polluted air without any preprocessing of the air sample. Using a tunable CO-overtone sideband laser for the; = 3 mum spectral region and a ring-down cell with R = 99.95% mirrors, we achieved a detection limit of 2 parts per billion formaldehyde in ambient air, corresponding to a minimum detectable absorption coefficient of 7 x 10(-9)/cm (sampling time: 2 s). Calibration problems arising from the polarity of the molecule and due to HITRAN database uncertainties are discussed.