Real-Time Quantitative Analysis of Combustion-Generated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Resonance-Enhanced Multiphoton Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry
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Chemical Analysis of Water-accommodated Fractions of Crude Oil Spills Using TIMS-FT-ICR MS
Published on: March 3, 2017
C M Gittins1, M J Castaldi, S M Senkan
1Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Mail Stop 9055, Livermore, California 94551, and Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 92004.
Abstract:
We have combined resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI) time-of-flight mass spectrometry with on-line flame sampling to determine the centerline concentrations of naphthalene, fluorene, and anthracene in a pure methane + oxygen/argon (1:5) diffusion flame. Naphthalene concentrations between 100 parts per billion by volume (ppbV) and 6 parts per million by volume (ppmV) and fluorene concentrations below 50 ppbV are determined using one-color REMPI on jet-cooled samples extracted from the flame; anthracene concentrations in the 5-40 ppbV range are determined using two-color REMPI. The REMPI ion signals are converted to absolute concentrations in real time by performing gas-phase standard additions to the flame sample. Isomer-selective detection of larger polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, such as perylene and benzo[a]pyrene, is possible using the two-color REMPI approach.
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