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Demonstration of selected ion flow tube MS detection in the parts per trillion range
Daniel B Milligan1, Gregory J Francis, Barry J Prince
1Syft Technologies Ltd., P.O. Box 28149, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Abstract:
The rate coefficients of the ion-molecule reactions between H3O+, NO+, O2+, and phosphine were determined using a selected ion flow tube. Using these data, the selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry (SIFT-MS) method was applied to the real-time measurement of phosphine in nitrogen without sample preparation down to concentrations in the mid parts per trillion range. This is the first reported measurement using SIFT-MS in the parts per trillion range. Linear dependencies on concentration were found from 190 ppt to the ppm range, and the limit of detection for a 10-s scan was 190 ppt (0.27 pg/mL).
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