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Protonated acetone ion chemical ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry for real-time measurement of atmospheric ammonia.
Dong, Fengshuo; Li, Hang; Liu, Bing; Liu, Ruidong; Hou, Keyong.
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  • Dong F; Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China.
  • Li H; Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China.
  • Liu B; Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China.
  • Liu R; Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China.
  • Hou K; Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China. Electronic address: houky@sdu.edu.cn.
J Environ Sci (China) ; 114: 66-74, 2022 Apr.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35459515
Ammonia (NH3) is ubiquitous in the atmosphere, it can affect the formation of secondary aerosols and particulate matter, and cause soil eutrophication through sedimentation. Currently, the use of radioactive primary reagent ion source and the humidity interference on the sensitivity and stability are the two major issues faced by chemical ionization mass spectrometer (CIMS) in the analysis of atmospheric ammonia. In this work, a vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) Kr lamp was used to replace the radioactive source, and acetone was ionized under atmospheric pressure to obtain protonated acetone reagent ions to ionize ammonia. The ionization source is designed as a separated three-zone structure, and even 90 vol.% high-humidity samples can still be directly analyzed with a sensitivity of sub-ppbv. A signal normalization processing method was designed, and with this new method, the quantitative relative standard deviation (RSD) of the instrument was decreased from 17.5% to 9.1%, and the coefficient of determination was increased from 0.8340 to 0.9856. The humidity correction parameters of the instrument were calculated from different humidity, and the ammonia concentrations obtained under different humidity were converted to its concentration under zero humidity condition with these correction parameters. The analytical time for a single sample is only 60 sec, and the limit of detection (LOD) was 8.59 pptv (signal-to-noise ratio S/N = 3). The ambient measurement made in Qingdao, China, in January 2021 with this newly designed CIMS, showed that the concentration of ammonia ranged from 1 to 130 ppbv.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Acetona / Amônia Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Acetona / Amônia Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article