Detection of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in a soil sample with photon ionization technique

Adan Li, Minzi Chen, Wenfeng Guo, Ralf Zimmermann

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Abstract

An electron beam pumped rare gas excimer lamp (EBEL) was utilized to emit the intensive vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) radiation at 126 nm for soft single photon ionization (SPI) of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in a soil sample. The VUV light source was coupled to a compact and mobile time-of-flight mass spectrometer (TOFMS) for the on-line measurement of PAHs. The moderate desorption temperature was set at 300 °C to guarantee the rapid evaporation of the PAHs in the soil sample and without decomposition from the larger molecules. With the thermal treatment, sample extraction and cleanup steps were not needed. The system developed herein was found to perform sufficiently well to evaluate the PAHs in the environmental soil sample at ppm level.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFrontiers of Manufacturing and Design Science III
Pages112-115
Number of pages4
EditionPART 1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
Event3rd International Conference on Frontiers of Manufacturing and Design Science, ICFMD 2012 - , Hong Kong
Duration: Dec 11 2012Dec 13 2012

Publication series

NameApplied Mechanics and Materials
NumberPART 1
Volume271
ISSN (Print)1660-9336
ISSN (Electronic)1662-7482

Other

Other3rd International Conference on Frontiers of Manufacturing and Design Science, ICFMD 2012
Country/TerritoryHong Kong
Period12/11/1212/13/12

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Engineering(all)

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