Eiceman, GA
1990
Man-Portable Gas Chromatography/Ion Mobility Spectrometry System: GC/CAM
Meuzelaar, H.L.C.; Kim, M.-G.; Arnold, N.S.; Urban, D.T. ; Kalousek, P.; Snyder, A.P. and Eiceman, G.A.
US Army Chemical Research Development and Engineering Center Scientific Conference on Chemical Defense Research, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland, 1990. Funded by US Army Chemical Research Development and Engineering Center.
Currently there is widespread interest in extending the capabilities of ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) to various military as well as nonmilitary fields of application, including chemical demilitarization, treaty verification, drug enforcement, explosives detection and environmental monitoring. Characteristic features of IMS are high sensitivity, fast response, low weight, small size, low power requirements, and relatively low cost. An attractive approach is to add a front-end module capable of performing "transfer line gas chromatography" (TLGC). In its present form the TLGC/IMS system consists of a special automated air sampling valve, a short (1-2 m long) capillary GC column with isothermal oven, a Chemical Agent Monitor (CAM) and a small laptop PC. The IMS system is operated below ambient pressures.
Eiceman, GA
1990
Man-Portable Gas Chromatography/Ion Mobility Spectrometry System: GC/CAM
Meuzelaar, H.L.C.; Kim, M.-G.; Arnold, N.S.; Urban, D.T. ; Kalousek, P.; Snyder, A.P. and Eiceman, G.A.
US Army Chemical Research Development and Engineering Center Scientific Conference on Chemical Defense Research, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland, 1990. Funded by US Army Chemical Research Development and Engineering Center.
Currently there is widespread interest in extending the capabilities of ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) to various military as well as nonmilitary fields of application, including chemical demilitarization, treaty verification, drug enforcement, explosives detection and environmental monitoring. Characteristic features of IMS are high sensitivity, fast response, low weight, small size, low power requirements, and relatively low cost. An attractive approach is to add a front-end module capable of performing "transfer line gas chromatography" (TLGC). In its present form the TLGC/IMS system consists of a special automated air sampling valve, a short (1-2 m long) capillary GC column with isothermal oven, a Chemical Agent Monitor (CAM) and a small laptop PC. The IMS system is operated below ambient pressures.