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Published on: June 28, 2016
Benzene sensing by Quartz Enhanced Photoacoustic Spectroscopy at 14.85 µm
Abstract:
Benzene is a gas known to be highly pollutant for the environment, for the water and cancerogenic for humans. In this paper, we present a sensor based on Quartz Enhanced Photoacoustic Spectroscopy dedicated to benzene analysis. Exploiting the infrared emission of a 14.85 µm quantum cascade laser, the sensor is working in an off-beam configuration, allowing easy alignment and stable measurements. The technique provides a very good selectivity to the sensor and a limit of detection of 30 ppbv in 1 s, i.e. a normalized noise equivalent absorption of 1.95 × 10-8 W.cm-1.Hz-1/2. The achieved performances of the sensor have enabled measurements on several air samples of a gas station showing a non-neglectable risk in case of long exposure.
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