An empirical dependence of frequency in the oscillatory sorption of H2 and D2 in Pd on the first ionization potential of noble gases

Oscillatory heat evolution in sorption of H(2) and D(2) in Pd can be induced by an admixture of ~10 vol.% of an inert gas (He, Ne, Ar, Kr, or N(2)) to either isotope prior to its contact with palladium powder. The oscillations are represented in the form of a calorimetric time series, recorded using a gas flow-through microcalorimeter at the temperatures of 75 °C for D(2) and 106 °C for H(2). For both D(2) and H(2), the oscillation parameters change as a function of the kind of inert gas used: the amplitude increases and the frequency decreases in passing from He to Kr. An empirical dependence of the oscillation frequencies observed for various admixtures and normalized with respect to Kr has been found. Accordingly, the frequency is a function of a product of the first ionization potential and the square root of atomic mass of the inert gas (He, Ne, Ar, Kr, or N(2)). On the other hand, invariance of the thermal effects of sorption is evident from the integrated areas under the calorimetric time series yielding the molar heats of sorption conserved, irrespective of the inert gas admixture. A novel calibration procedure has been devised in order to deal with an instability of calibration factor arising in desorption of H(2) and D(2) from Pd. A method of dynamic calibration factor made it possible to obtain a good agreement between the heats of sorption and desorption of both H(2) and D(2) within individual sorption-desorption cycles for all inert gas admixtures.     

Trace analysis of impurities in bulk gases by gas chromatography-pulsed discharge helium ionization detection with "heart-cutting" technique

A method has been developed for the detection of low-nL/L-level impurities in bulk gases such as H(2), O(2), Ar, N(2), He, methane, ethylene and propylene, respectively. The solution presented here is based upon gas chromatography-pulsed discharge helium ionization detection (GC-PDHID) coupled with three two-position valves, one two-way solenoid valve and four packed columns. During the operation, the moisture and heavy compounds are first back-flushed via a pre-column. Then the trace impurities (except CO(2) which is diverted to a separate analytical column for separation and detection) together with the matrix enter onto a main column, followed by the heart-cut of the impurities onto a longer analytical column for complete separation. Finally the detection is performed by PDHID. This method has been applied to different bulk gases and the applicability of detecting impurities in H(2), Ar, and N(2) are herewith demonstrated. As an example, the resulting detection limit of 100 nL/L and a dynamic range of 100-1000 nL/L have been obtained using an Ar sample containing methane.     

惰气熔融-热导法测定钕铁硼永磁材料中的氢

建立惰气熔融-热导法测定钕铁硼永磁材料中氢的分析方法。当氧-氢比例大于50:1时,CO对氢的测定结果产生一定的干扰,加入舒茨试剂可消除此干扰。采用标准坩埚,称样0.05g,熔融功率为2.85 kW,选择高纯镍篮和锡片做助熔剂,钕铁硼中氢释放完全。以普通钢铁参考物质建立氢校准曲线,线性相关系数r～2=0.9999,检出限为0.75μg/g。该法用于钕铁硼样品中氢的测定,测定结果与脉冲熔融飞行时间质谱-气体元素分析仪测定结果基本一致,测定结果的相对标准偏差为1.4%(n=5)。该方法可以准确测定钕铁硼永磁材料中的氢,能满足日常分析的要求。     

脉冲熔融-飞行时间质谱法测定Nd-Fe-B材料中的氧、氮、氢

建立了脉冲熔融-飞行时间质谱法测定Nd-Fe-B材料中的氧、氮、氢的方法,在选定的实验条件下,氧、氮、氢的检出限分别为0.021,0.060,0.002μg/g;利用系列标准样品得到各元素的校准曲线,线性相关系数R2均大于0.99。将方法应用于Nd-Fe-B材料的测定,经对比实验验证,方法测定值与传统的脉冲熔融-红外/热导方法测定值相符合。     

Experimental and modelling study of the recombination reaction H + O(2) (+M) --> HO(2) (+M) between 300 and 900 K, 1.5 and 950 bar, and in the bath gases M = He, Ar, and N(2)

The recombination reaction H + O(2) (+M) --> HO(2) (+M) was studied by laser flash photolysis in a high pressure flow cell, over the temperature range 300-900 K, the pressure range 1.5-950 bar and in the bath gases M = He and N(2). Earlier experiments by Hahn et al. (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2004, 6, 1997) in the bath gas M = Ar were also extended. The data were analyzed in terms of unimolecular rate theory employing new calculations of relevant molecular parameters. Improved energy transfer parameters for the bath gases M = He, Ar, N(2), and H(2)O could thus be obtained and complete falloff curves were constructed. In the case of water, the high pressure rates well connect with pulse radiolysis results obtained in supercritical water by Janik et al. (J. Phys. Chem. A 2007, 111, 79).     

Quantitative depth profiling of argon in tungsten films by secondary ion mass spectrometry.

Depth profiling of Ar in Ar-implanted tungsten (W) films with an excellent detection limit was investigated by secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). Depth profiles of Ar with the detection of Ar+ and ArCs+ secondary ions, which were produced by O2+ and Cs+ primary ions, respectively, were compared in view of the detection limit and the depth resolution. The detection limit of Ar monitoring Ar+ was limited by the carbon- and oxygen-containing molecular ion (C2O+) in the sample as well as in the SIMS instrument. It was observed that some of the Ar+ ions were produced in the vacuum above the sample surfaces, whereas the ionization of almost all C2O+ occurred at the samples. By using different energy spectra between Ar+ and C2O+, we showed that the energy-filtering technique is advantageous for suppressing C2O+ ion detection. It is also confirmed that the ArCs+ secondary ion is only slighting by the C2OCs+ mass-interference ion. A detection limit of 4 x 10(18) cm(-3) for monitoring Ar+ and 3 x 10(16) cm(-3) for monitoring ArCs+ was achieved under a primary-ion current density of 0.16 mA/cm2. The detection of ArCs+ ion rather than Ar+ was found to be superior in the detection limit and the depth resolution. We conclude that SIMS is useful for the determination of the Ar depth distribution in W films.     

Rapid gas analyses for the investigation of spontaneous combustion using capillary gas chromatography

A simple and fast but sensitive and precise gas chromatographic method is described for the quantitative determination of O(2), N(2), CO, CO(2), C1 and C2-hydrocarbons for coal research. Gas analyses are necessary to obtain parameters for modelling spontaneous combustion and to predict long term coal behaviour. The method is based on a single PLOT-type capillary column in a single channel gas chromatograph. Using a micro-volume TCD coupled in series with a FID detector containing a capillary methanizer it is possible to determine high and trace level gases simultaneously. Trace quantities of CO and CO(2) can be determined with a single analysis and the detection limits are improved significantly using the capillary methanizer. The detection limit of the described method is approximately ten parts per million CO(2) and one part per million CO. Using the same instrument configuration the O(2)/N(2) ratios (major components), as parameter for coal reactivity, are also determined. The proposed approach is restricted to the determination of gases evolved during coal studies and the application to other gas mixtures is not considered.     

便携式微波等离子体离子化检测器气相色谱仪用于气体分析的研究

本文使用自制的便携式微波诱导等离子体离子化检测器气相色谱仪对可燃气体中N_2、O_2、H_2和CH_4的测定方法进行了研究。以氩气为载气和工作气体,考察了改进后的微波诱导等离子体离子化检洲器(MIPID)的工作参数对测定的影响。对煤气和乙炔中的O_2、N_2、H_2和CH_4进行了测定,分析结果与热导池检测器(TCD)的气相色谱法一致。讨论了高电离电位(>11.7ev)气体组分在MIPID中响应特性。     

吹扫捕集气相色谱/质谱法测定聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯再生树脂中柠檬烯

建立了对聚苯二甲酸乙二醇酯(PET)再生树脂中柠檬烯的测定方法。实验选择VF-5ms毛细管色谱柱为分离柱,采用吹扫捕集的方法对PET再生树脂进行气相色谱/质谱法(GC/MS)分析。结果显示,柠檬烯在0～0.3μg范围内线性关系良好,相关系数r=0.9992,检出限(S/N=3)为0.006μg。对样品加标测定6次,加入回收率为91.7%～101.2%,相对标准偏差(RSD)为2.8%～5.3%。该方法具有前处理简单、快速、灵敏度高、准确度和精密度好等优点,适合于PET再生树脂中柠檬烯的检测。     

氯酸钾体系催化动力学光度法测定痕量钒(Ⅱ)

研究了在0.1 mol/L H3PO4介质中,活化剂抗坏血酸的作用下,V(Ⅴ)催化KClO3氧化甲基红褪色的指示反应,由此建立了一种测定痕量V(Ⅱ)的催化动力学光度新方法。研究了影响该催化褪色反应的因素。方法的线性范围为0.09～7.0 ng/mL,检出限为2.9×10-2 ng/mL。方法用于实际样品的测定。     

Peak capacity of ion mobility mass spectrometry: the utility of varying drift gas polarizability for the separation of tryptic peptides

Ion mobility mass spectrometry (IM-MS) peptide mass mapping experiments were performed using a variety of drift gases (He, N2, Ar and CH4). The drift gases studied cover a range of polarizabilities ((0.2-2.6) x 10(-24) cm3) and the peak capacities obtained for tryptic peptides in each gas are compared. Although the different gases exhibit similar peak capacities (5430 (Ar) to 7580 (N2)) in some cases separation selectivity presumably based on peptide conformers (or conformer populations), is observed. For example the drift time profiles observed for some tryptic peptide ions from aldolase (rabbit muscle) show a dependence on drift gas. The transmission of high-mass ions (m/z > 2000) is also influenced by increased scattering cross-section of the more massive drift gases. Consequently the practical peak capacity for IM-MS separation cannot be assumed to be solely a function of resolution and the ability of a gas to distribute signals in two-dimensional space; rather, peak capacity estimates must account for the transmission losses experienced for peptide ions as the drift gas mass increases.     

Determination of azaspiracids in shellfish using liquid chromatography/tandem electrospray mass spectrometry.

Azaspiracid (AZA1), a recently discovered marine toxin, is responsible for the new human toxic syndrome, azaspiracid poisoning (AZP), which is caused by the consumption of contaminated shellfish. A new, sensitive liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) method has been developed for the determination of AZA1 and its analogues, 8-methylazaspiracid (AZA2) and 22-demethylazaspiracid (AZA3). Separation of these toxins was achieved using reversed-phase LC and coupled, via an electrospray ionisation (ESI) source, to an ion-trap mass spectrometer. Spectra showed the protonated molecules, [M + H]+, and their major product ions, due to the sequential loss of two water molecules, [M + H - H2O]+, [M + H - 2H2O]+, in addition to fragment ions that are characteristic of these cyclic polyethers. A highly specific and sensitive LC/MS(3) analytical method was developed and, using shellfish extracts containing AZA1, the detection limit (S/N = 3) was 4 pg on-column, corresponding to 0.8 ng/mL. Using the protocol presented here, this is equivalent to 0.37 ng/g shellfish tissue and good linear calibrations were obtained for AZA1 in shellfish extracts (average r2 = 0.9988). Good reproducibility was achieved with % RSD values (N = 5) ranging from 1.5% (0.75 microg/mL) to 4.2% (0.05 microg/mL). An efficient procedure for the extraction of toxins from shellfish aided the development of a rapid protocol for the determination of the three predominant azaspiracids.     

Determination of gold in biological materials by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry with a molybdenum tube atomizer

Electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ETA-ASS) of gold with a molybdenum tube atomizer has been investigated. A sensitive ETA-AAS method was developed. The gold absorption signal became higher with the heating rate of the tube atomizer and as the ratio of hydrogen in the argon purge gas decreased. The optimal heating rate and the optimal gas flow rate were 5.5 C/msec and Ar 480 ml/min + H(2) 20 ml/min, respectively. The absolute characteristic mass (the mass of element giving 0.0044 abs.) of gold by the atomizer was 1.8 pg and the detection limit was 130 pg/ml (3S/N). These values were > 10 times better than those obtained with graphite atomizers, ICP and ICP-MS. The interferences caused by large amounts of interferents were evaluated. The addition of thiourea served to eliminate severe interferences. The recovery of spiked gold in biological materials was in the range of 101-106%.     

Optimization of conditions for the determination of the organic matter content of waters by reagentless oxithermography and its application to the analysis of natural waters

To determine the chemical oxygen demand (COD) of water by oxithermography, we studied a high-temperature reactor with two inputs of the gas flow. Such a design allowed the creation of an internal circuit of the oxygen–inert gas (argon) binary flow in the reactor for the oxidation of organic substances and the determination of COD by the decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the binary mixture. The optimum operation parameters of the instrument, affecting the analytical characteristics of the method, were determined. The detection limit for a water sample of the volume 10 µL was 3.4 mg O/L. It was shown that the oxithermograph and the proposed procedure can be used for the determination of COD in drinking and natural waters of Bryansk oblast. The approach developed has an advantage, consisting in the reagentless rapid determination of the COD of waters without preliminary sample preparation.     

Gas sensors based on nanostructured materials

Gas detection is important for controlling industrial and vehicle emissions, household security and environmental monitoring. In recent decades many devices have been developed for detecting CO(2), CO, SO(2), O(2), O(3), H(2), Ar, N(2), NH(3), H(2)O and several organic vapours. However, the low selectivity or the high operation temperatures required when most gas sensors are used have prompted the study of new materials and the new properties that come about from using traditional materials in a nanostructured mode. In this paper, we have reviewed the main research studies that have been made of gas sensors that use nanomaterials. The main quality characteristics of these new sensing devices have enabled us to make a critical review of the possible advantages and drawbacks of these nanostructured material-based sensors.     

气相色谱–质谱法测定纤维板和刨花板中邻苯二甲酸酯类增塑剂

建立气相色谱–质谱方法测定纤维板和刨花板中6种邻苯二甲酸酯的方法。样品用正己烷提取后,采用HP–5MS毛细管柱(30 m×0.25 mm,0.25μm)分离,以内标法进行定量。邻苯二甲酸酯BBP,DBP,DEHP,DNOP在0.2~2μg/m L范围内线性均良好,检出限为2 mg/kg;DINP,DIDP在2.0~20μg/m L范围内线性均良好,检出限为10 mg/kg。线性相关系数均大于0.999。样品加标回收率为86.00%~95.17%,测定结果的相对标准偏差为3.06%~9.72%(n=6)。该方法具有较高的灵敏度,可应用于各类纤维板和刨花板产品中邻苯二甲酸酯类增塑剂的检测。     

Bestimmung von stickstoff in refraktärmetallen—II Titan

This is a report on round-robin tests concerning the determination of nitrogen in titanium, which were carried out by the refractory-metals group of the chemical board of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Metallhütten- und Bergleute. The following methods were used: classical and modified Kjeldahl methods, inert gas fusion and vacuum fusion extraction. With the platinum (or palladium) flux technique (noble metal to sample ratio ～ 20 : 1, temperature ? 2000°) the reductive fusion methods are capable of determining nitrogen contents ? 20 ppm. Under special conditions, contents higher than 10–40 ppm can be determined by the Kjeldahl method (the lower limit varies from laboratory to laboratory). With a micro circulating distillation and determination apparatus, and dissolution of the sample within the pressure vessel, the detection limit can be lowered to 1 ppm. Because of possible interferences by reducible nitrogen compounds from the laboratory air, blanks must be determined with high-purity aluminium. The results from 7 laboratories (Kjeldahl 4; reductive fusion 3) for a titanium sample containing 138 ppm nitrogen were in good agreement (standard deviation 5 ppm).     

Coprecipitation with calcium hydroxide for determination of iron in fish otoliths by collision cell ICP-MS

A method has been described for the determination of iron from fish otoliths containing high levels of calcium by collision cell technology (CCT) ICP-MS. Iron (Fe) in otolith solutions was quantitatively coprecipitated with small amounts of calcium hydroxide by adding 1.0 M sodium hydroxide solution. The performance of CCT-ICP-MS pressurized with He/H(2) cell gas was investigated on the elimination of Ca-based spectral interferences at m/z 54, 56 and 57. Molecular ion interferences at m/z 54 and 56 were reduced by 2 orders of magnitude. However, the interferences at m/z 57 increased by the same amount in the presence of Ca in solutions owing to the formation of (40)Ca(16) OH(+) through reactions with H(2) in collision cell, indicating that (57)Fe was not suitable for the determination of Fe from otoliths. Results for (56)Fe suffered significantly from interferences of Ca-based molecular ions when the Ca concentration in solution exceeded 100 microg ml(-1), for which matrix-matched calibration was required for accurate determination. CCT with the aid of He/H(2) cell gas proved to be very effective in eliminating the interferences ((40)Ar(14)N(+) and (40)Ca(14)N(+)) at m/z 54. Presence of Ca up to 300 microg ml(-1) had virtually no effect on the ion signals of (54)Fe, which with low background signals, afforded accurate determination of Fe from otoliths by using aqueous external standards.     

Reaction Of Nitrides And Oxide With Bath Metals In Gas Analysis In Metals

Abstract

Reactions of two nitrides, an oxide (α-SiaNi, A1N and α-AI2O3) and bath metals (platinum, iron and tin) in graphite capsules were investigated in vacuum fusion analysis by measuring gas extraction curves with a quadrupole mass spectrometer which can simultaneously measure nitrogen and carbon monoxide from the furnace. From the characteristic gas extraction patterns of each bath metals, gas release reaction mechanisms and their temperatures were studied.     

Mass spectrometric analysis of high-purity carbon dioxide

A high-vacuum, low-temperature, continuous separation technique has been used in conjunction with a mass spectrometer for the analysis of carbon dioxide containing vpm amounts of H(2), He, CH(4), Ne, N(2), CO, O(2) and Ar. The method relies on the condensation of carbon dioxide on the walls of a glass U-tube, cooled in liquid nitrogen, connected between an inlet and the ion source. A high-pressure carbon dioxide sample thus enters the inlet leak but only the impurities pass through the U-tube and reach the ion source, resulting in considerable gain in sensitivity and elimination of interference from carbon dioxide. The sensitivity of the method is several orders of magnitude better than the normal mass spectrometric method.