A Low Cost Gas Sampling Valve and Gc Set-Up for Analysis of Low Concentration Gas Mixtures

Abstract

A gas sampling valve suitable for on-line injection of low pressure (< 0.5 torr) gas mixtures is described. Its advantages over the commercially available valves are enumerated. An error of < 3 per cent due to non-reproducibility in sample injection was observed. A simple arrangement of column and hot wire detector together with this valve enabled quantitative separation of CO and O₂ with a lower limit of ～ 1 × 10^?7 moles for each component.