EP2440908A1 - Dispositif et procede de determination de la concentration d'un compose dans une phase aqueuse ou gazeuse - Google Patents
Dispositif et procede de determination de la concentration d'un compose dans une phase aqueuse ou gazeuseInfo
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- the present invention relates to a device for determining the concentration of a compound in the aqueous phase. It also relates to a device for determining the concentration of a gas phase-soluble compound in an aqueous phase implementing such a device. The invention also relates to a method for determining the concentration of a compound in the aqueous or gaseous phase using such devices.
- the field of the invention is the field of devices for measuring the concentration of a compound in the aqueous or gaseous phase, such as for example the determination of the concentration of any compound present in a solution or in the air or any compound gas with a high Henry constant, soluble in an aqueous phase, especially formaldehyde.
- Devices implementing a derivatization can be divided into two categories: spectrometric devices, and chromatographic devices.
- Spectroscopic devices implement expensive instruments, heavy, not allowing routine monitoring. Moreover, these devices generally suffer from a relatively high detection limit. Chromatographic devices, although relatively sensitive, suffer from a poor temporal resolution ranging from 30 minutes to several hours. The devices for determining the concentration of formaldehyde do not therefore make it possible to analyze and monitor both a temporal variation and a spatial variation with a good sensitivity.
- An object of the present invention is to overcome the aforementioned drawbacks.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a device for determining the concentration in the aqueous phase of a compound, transportable and having both a lower cost, and a better temporal and spatial sensitivity than current devices.
- Another object of the invention is to provide a device for determining the gas phase concentration of a soluble compound in aqueous phase, transportable and having both a lower cost, and a better temporal and spatial sensitivity than current devices.
- the present invention makes it possible to achieve these goals by a device for determining the concentration of a compound, said to be determined, in a so-called dynamic, so-called dynamic aqueous phase, said device comprising:
- - Mixing means adapted to selectively mix a predetermined amount of a reagent for reacting with said compound to be assayed to provide a so-called derived compound, with: firstly a predetermined amount of at least one calibration substance whose concentration of said compound to be determined is known, and on the other hand, a predetermined quantity of said aqueous phase;
- Calibration substances can be gaseous or liquid substances.
- the device comprises means for transferring the compounds to be assayed in these substances to an inert aqueous phase.
- the first calibration substance may be a substance whose concentration of compound to be assayed is zero, such as for example pure air or pure water.
- the second calibration substance may be a substance whose concentration of compound to be determined is predetermined and non-zero, such as for example a standard concentration solution or a standard concentration of gas phase.
- the device according to the invention is easily transportable because it is made with small and light means.
- the device according to the invention comprises means for eliminating the air or gas bubbles that appear during the reaction between the compound to be assayed and the reagent, which decreases or even cancels the disturbance introduced by these bubbles at the level of the means of measuring the concentration of derived compound in each of the mixtures and therefore increases the sensitivity and accuracy of the measurement.
- These means may be for example in the form of a tube of porous material or microporous tube which allows the gas to pass but not the liquids.
- the material used may be any material known to those skilled in the art which is inert and porous, such as microporous Teflon.
- the device according to the invention is made with means having a lower cost than those usually used.
- the device according to the invention does not require sample preparation. It is therefore usable in situ, which increases the spatial accuracy.
- the mixing means may comprise a multichannel peristaltic pump, a first channel of which carries out, at least in part, the transport of the reagent and a second channel comprising selection means and carrying out, at least in part, the transport of: a calibration substance, and / or
- the selection means may be automatic or manual, arranged upstream or downstream of the peristaltic pump. These means for selecting a first calibration substance, optionally a second calibration substance, or the unknown aqueous phase. These selection means may comprise manual or automatic three-way valves arranged on the second channel. Thus, thanks to these selection means, the device according to the invention implements a two-channel pump which makes it less expensive and less bulky than the multichannel pumps used in the devices known from the state of the art.
- capillaries connected to the pump for taking the different solutions have an internal diameter of between 0.25 and 2 mm, preferably 0.5 to 1 mm.
- the device according to the invention may further comprise means of catalyzing the reaction between the reagent and the compound to be assayed, which favors this reaction and increases the time sensitivity of the reaction.
- the catalytic means comprise a capillary intended to be traversed by each of the mixtures.
- the capillary can be placed in an oven whose temperature is adjusted to a temperature that favors the reaction between the reagent and the compound to be assayed.
- the oven may be at a temperature of between 50 and 100 ° C., advantageously equal to 80 ° C.
- the capillary, disposed in the oven may have a length of between 0.5 and 10 m, advantageously equal to 3.20 meters, all improving the chemical reaction.
- the efficiency of the reaction depends on the residence time of the liquid mixture in the oven, which is a function of both the flow rate and the volume of the capillary, which in turn depends on the length of the capillary and its internal diameter.
- the flow rate in the liquid phase was set at 1.04 liters per minute.
- the bubble removal means may comprise at least one tube of porous material or microporous tube, disposed between the catalytic means and the measuring means, and intended to be traversed by each of the mixtures.
- the material used could be any material known to those skilled in the art which is inert and porous such as microporous Teflon.
- This microporous tube achieves the elimination of bubbles just before each mixture enters the measuring means.
- the air or gas bubbles are removed upstream of the measuring means.
- measuring means may comprise any measuring means known to those skilled in the art and which are a function of the compound to be assayed; for example, fluorescence spectroscopy, absorption spectrometry in the Ultra-Violet, Infra-Red or visible, mass spectrometry, etc. can be mentioned.
- the measuring means may comprise a flow-measuring cell and dynamically, comprising a light-emitting diode (LED) exciting the fluorescence of the derivative compound.
- the measurement cell may further comprise a photomultiplier collecting this fluorescence.
- a filter centered on the wavelength of the fluorescence to be measured may be placed in front of the photomultiplier to eliminate parasitic fluorescence and to collect the fluorescence emitted solely by the derived compound.
- One or more optical fibers can be used to transport the light from the filter to the photomultiplier, which avoids any disturbance concerning for example the alignment of the beams and facilitates the use of the device according to the invention.
- Such a configuration also increases the robustness of the device according to the invention for example for use in situ.
- the calculating means may comprise an electronic or computer apparatus connected to the measuring cell, and receiving from the measuring cell the different concentration measurements of the derivative compound in each of the mixtures and calculating the concentration of the compound in the unknown aqueous phase.
- the calculation means may comprise a computer interface in LabView parameterizing and controlling the measuring means, and more particularly the photomultiplier.
- the device according to the invention can be arranged so that the calibration of the measuring cell with the calibration substances can be performed before each measurement of a concentration of the compound to be assayed in an unknown aqueous phase. .
- a device for determining the concentration of a compound said metering, in a gaseous phase, said unknown, dynamically and in flow, said compound to be measured being a compound soluble in an aqueous phase
- said device comprising: - at least one air pump for pumping a predetermined quantity of said unknown gaseous phase, means for transferring the compounds to be assayed present in said unknown gaseous phase pumped to an inert aqueous solution, and a device for determining the concentration in aqueous phase according to the invention.
- the device according to the invention may further comprise selection means selectively connecting the air pump to the unknown gas phase, and / or at least one of the calibration substances.
- the transfer means also carries out the passage in the aqueous phase of the compounds to be assayed present in said at least one gas phase calibration substance.
- the transfer of the compounds to be assayed from the gaseous phase in the aqueous phase by the transfer means is selectively carried out in turn.
- the device according to the invention may advantageously comprise a module producing the generation of at least one gaseous calibration substance, by mixing pure air with a substance whose concentration in the compound to be determined is known.
- a module makes it possible to choose the concentration of the compound to be assayed of the calibration substance.
- such a calibration substance generating module may comprise: a first channel connected to a pure air source whose concentration the compound to be assayed is zero, and a second channel comprising a gas-liquid chamber comprising a microporous tube, said gas-liquid chamber being connected to a source of liquid substance of concentration in said compound to be assayed is known and not zero, said microporous tube being connected to said source of pure air, said chamber and said microporous tube mixing said pure air and said liquid substance to provide a gaseous concentration calibration substance to said compound to be assayed is known and not zero.
- the transfer means may comprise a gas-liquid chamber disposed between the air pump and the selection means, said chamber being selectively traversed by the gas phase or at least one gaseous calibration substance, and comprising a microporous tube traversed by a predetermined quantity of inert aqueous solution, said quantity of solution being immobile in the microporous tube during pumping of said gas phase or of said gas calibration substance; said enclosure and said microporous tube making the passage of compounds to be assayed from said gas phase or at least one gaseous calibration substance to said inert aqueous solution present in said microporous tube.
- the microporous tube can be connected to the second channel of said peristaltic pump, downstream of said peristaltic pump by at least one multi-port valve, said second channel being connected to a source of inert solution upstream of said peristaltic pump.
- the inert aqueous solution such as water or nitric acid
- the inert aqueous solution is supplied through the second channel of the peristaltic pump.
- the first channel of this peristaltic pump is connected to a source of reagent and carries the delivery of this reagent, as described above.
- the at least one multichannel valve is arranged to stop the circulation of the inert aqueous solution for a predetermined period during which the air pump pumps the gas phase through the gas-liquid chamber to a given bitrate.
- the aqueous solution present in the microporous tube stagnates during the pumping of the gas phase and during the pumping time.
- Such a configuration makes it possible to transfer the compound to be assayed present in several liters of unknown gas phase to a small volume of inert solution, i.e. that present in the microporous tube.
- the length of the microporous tube disposed in the gas-liquid chamber is between 20 and 200 cm, advantageously equal to about 80 cm. In fact, the tests show that such a length of microporous tube makes it possible to improve the sensitivity.
- the air pumping rate can be between 0.2 and 5 liters per minute, preferably equal to about 1.2 liters per minute. Tubes connected to the air pump make it possible to take off the various gaseous phases and have an internal diameter of between 1 and 20 mm, advantageously of 3 to 8 mm.
- the pumping time of the gas phase can range from 0.2 minutes to 10 minutes, advantageously equal to about two minutes.
- the transfer means may comprise a capillary, connected to the air pump, and into which the predetermined quantity of gaseous phase or of at least one gaseous calibration substance sampled by the pump is injected. as well as a predetermined quantity of an inert aqueous solution, said capillary effecting the transfer of at least a portion of the compounds to be assayed present in said predetermined quantity of the gaseous phase or in said at least one gaseous calibration substance to said solution inert.
- the transfer means may further comprise a microporous tube disposed downstream of the capillary and eliminating the air or gas bubbles present at the outlet of the capillary, before mixing with the reagent upstream of the catalytic means. .
- the capillary and the microporous tube may be arranged on the second channel of said peristaltic pump, downstream of said peristaltic pump, said second channel being furthermore connected:
- the inert solution is taken by the second channel of the peristaltic pump and injected into the capillary downstream of the peristaltic pump.
- the junction of the capillary, the air pump and the second channel carrying the inert solution can be achieved by a three-way valve.
- the inert aqueous solution may be: - water, an acidic solution such as nitric acid, and an inert solvent in which the compound to be assayed is very soluble.
- inert solution a solution that does not react directly with the compound derived from the gaseous phase and in which this compound is perfectly soluble.
- the device according to the invention can be used to determine the concentration in an aqueous or gaseous phase of compounds having a high Henry's constant (H), that is to say between 0.005 M / Pa (500 M / atm). 2.96 M / Pa (3 ⁇ 10 5 M / atm).
- H Henry's constant
- H formaldehyde
- H 0.03 M / Pa or 3100 M / atm
- the device according to the invention can be used to determine the concertation of the formaldehyde present in a gaseous or aqueous phase with as reagent the Fluoral-P.
- a method for determining the concentration of a compound implementing the device according to the invention in particular for the determination of formaldehyde in aqueous or gaseous phase.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of an exemplary device according to the invention realizing the determination of the concentration of formaldehyde in aqueous phase
- Figure 2 is a representation of the effect of temperature on the results obtained with the device of Figure 1
- Figures 3 to 5 are calibration curves obtained with the device of Figure 1
- FIG. 6 is a schematic representation of an example of a device according to the invention realizing the determination of the concentration of formaldehyde in the gas phase according to a first embodiment
- FIGS. 7 and 8 are curves showing the effect of the concentration of formaldehyde in the gas phase on the measurement signal with the device of FIG.
- FIG. 9 is a schematic representation of an example of a device according to the invention performing the determination of the concentration of formaldehyde gas phase according to a preferred embodiment
- Fig. 10 is a graph showing the fluorescence intensity as a function of the air sampling time obtained with the device of Fig. 9
- FIG. 11 is a graph showing the effect of the length of the microporous tube disposed in the gas-liquid chamber on the measurement signal in the device of FIG. 9
- Fig. 12 is a graph showing the effect of flow on the measurement signal in the device of Fig. 9
- Fig. 13 is a graph showing the effect of concentration of formaldehyde in the gas phase on the measurement signal with the device of Fig. 9
- the particular example of application that will be described in the remainder of the application relates to the detection of formaldehyde first in the aqueous phase and then in the gas phase.
- the devices to be described implement a principle which consists in reacting the formaldehyde initially contained in an aqueous phase or in a gaseous phase with a specific reagent to form a derivative that can be analyzed in the liquid phase by fluorescence spectroscopy.
- the measurement of formaldehyde can be broken down into three strongly coupled steps, namely the sampling, derivatization and analysis of the derivative.
- Diones such as 2,4-pentadione and 1,3-cyclohexanedione also react with formaldehyde in the presence of NH 3 by a Hantzsch mechanism to form a colored and fluorescent compound. Even if the reported detection limits are very low in solution varying between 10 and 100 nM with these two diones, there is an interference with hydrogen peroxide, which is a very soluble atmospheric pollutant (very high Henry's constant).
- fluoral-p has been proposed as a selective derivatization agent for formaldehyde for its measurement in liquid samples (water, alcoholic beverages) or in air after sampling from cartridges of Silica impregnated with fluoral-p.
- Fluoral-p reacts specifically with formaldehyde to form 3,5-diacetyl-1,4-dihydrolutidme (DDL) according to the following reaction:
- Figure 1 is a schematic representation of a device 100 according to the invention carrying out the determination of the concentration of formaldehyde in aqueous phase.
- the device 100 comprises a peristaltic pump 102 comprising two channels 104 and 106.
- the channel 104 is connected to a source 108 of fluoral-p upstream of the pump 102.
- the second channel 106 is selectively connected to a source of pure water 110 whose concentration of formaldehyde is zero and a source 112 of aqueous phase, known as unknown, having an unknown concentration of formaldehyde.
- This second channel 106 may also be connected to a source (not shown) of a solution whose concentration of formaldehyde is known and non-zero constituting a calibration solution.
- the selection of a source from the sources of pure water 110 which constitutes a first calibration solution, the unknown aqueous phase source 112 and a second calibration solution is carried out using multichannel valves arranged on the second channel 106. upstream of the peristaltic pump 102.
- the first channel 104 and the second channel 106 meet with a connection tee 116.
- the solutions carried by the channels 104 and 106 are mixed.
- a mixture is thus obtained between a predetermined quantity of p-fluoro transported by the first channel 104 selectively with a predetermined quantity: of pure water, or of an unknown aqueous phase, or of a second calibration solution which may be a solution. of calibrated formaldehyde.
- the solutions are pumped continuously and regularly by the peristaltic pump and flow into capillary tubes of 0.75 mm internal diameter.
- the solution of fluoral-p contributes to 50% of the mixture while the other solutions (calibrated formaldehyde solution, water, unknown solution) are selected alternately via a multi-channel manual valve.
- a microporous tube 120, whose temperature has been optimized at 80 ° C. in the context of this application example, in order to catalyze the reaction between the p-fluoro and formaldehyde.
- a microporous tube 120, whose temperature has been optimized at 80 ° C. in the context of this application example, in order to catalyze the reaction between the p-fluoro and formaldehyde.
- the concentration of DDL (and therefore indirectly that of formaldehyde) is quantified by fluorescence spectroscopy.
- An LED 130 emitting at 415 ⁇ 20 nm excites the fluorescence of the DDL which is then collected by a photomultiplier 132 in front of which has been placed a filter 134 centered on 500 ⁇ 20 nm.
- the latter makes it possible to collect only the light emitted by the fluorescence of the DDL.
- light transfer is ensured by optical fibers 136 of 1500 ⁇ m, which avoids any disturbance (alignment of the beams) and facilitates the use of the device 100, especially when the device 100 is used in situ.
- the photomultiplier 132 is controlled by an interface
- the signal of the photomultiplier 132 is thus plotted as a function of time on the screen of the computer and is also recorded as an Excel file for the further processing of the data.
- the concentration of formaldehyde in the unknown aqueous phase is determined.
- An RS232 hardware interface 142 makes it possible to connect the photomultiplier 132 to the microcomputer 140.
- Figure 2 shows the evolution of the intensity of the fluorescence signal for a formaldehyde solution of concentration equal to 10 ⁇ g.L "1 as a function of the temperature.It is clear from this figure that the temperature optimized to catalyze the reaction between the fluoral-p and formaldehyde is 80 ° C.
- FIG. 4 thus shows the increase of the signal of the photomultiplier 132 as a function of the aqueous concentration varying from 20 to 500 ng.L ⁇ and Figure 5 shows the increase of the photomultiplier 132 of the signal based on the aqueous concentrations ranging from 100 to 10 000 ng.L "1.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic representation of an example of a device 200 according to the invention realizing the determination of the concentration of formaldehyde in the gas phase according to a first embodiment.
- the transfer of gaseous formaldehyde to an inert aqueous solution is achieved by means of a transfer module which will be described later.
- the device 200 implements a module 202 for generating a gaseous calibration substance.
- a gaseous substance whose formaldehyde concentration is known is generated by a module 202.
- the device 200 further comprises a flowmeter 216 and a pump 218 as shown in FIG.
- the device 200 further comprises a module 214 for transferring formaldehyde gas to an inert aqueous solution comprising a capillary 224 and a microporous tube 226.
- the air taken from the unknown gas phase 220 which may be the ambient air or the Outside air is injected together with the water taken from the source 110 by a tee fitting 222 into the capillary tube 224 2.5 m long and 0.75 mm internal diameter.
- the fine droplets of water that form in the capillary tube 224 are rapidly co-eluted with air to a microporous tube 226 11 cm long, which allows the air to escape.
- the water containing the formaldehyde then joins the solution of fluoral-p in the connection tee 116 before passing into the furnace 120.
- three selection valves 228 make it possible to choose the pure air, the pure air containing a determined concentration of formaldehyde and the air sampled from the unknown gas phase, which may for example be indoor or outdoor air.
- the module 214 ensures the transfer to an inert solution of pure water, formaldehyde located respectively in pure air, pure air containing a determined concentration of formaldehyde and air sampled from the gas phase.
- the device 200 further comprises a channel 230 disposed between the flowmeter 216 and the module 202 and escaping into the ambient air.
- An adsorbent for example activated carbon, is disposed at the end of the channel 230 so as not to reject formaldehyde in the ambient air.
- the device 200 is identical to the device 100 shown in FIG. thus the analysis cell 124, the trash bottle 128, the RS232 hardware interface 142 and the microcomputer 140 executing the software interface 138 in LabView.
- the concentration of formaldehyde in the unknown gas phase is determined.
- FIG. 7 is a curve showing the signal of the photomultiplier as a function of time for a) pure air and b) varying concentrations of formaldehyde 10 at 100 ⁇ g.m- 3 , obtained by varying the flow of air passing through through the microporous tube 208, from 10 to 100 mL.min -1 .
- This curve shows that the fluorescence signal increases as the air flow through the permeameter increases, and therefore when the concentration of formaldehyde in the gas phase increases.
- FIG. 8 represents the fluorescence signal as a function of the concentration of formaldehyde generated in the gas phase, namely between 10 and 100 ⁇ g.m- 3 , confirms this result.
- the limit of quantification of formaldehyde in the gas phase is of the order of 2 ⁇ g.m- 3 for a signal-to-noise ratio of about 10 in this first embodiment.
- Figure 9 is a schematic representation of an example of a device 300 according to the invention performing the determination of the concentration of formaldehyde gas phase according to a preferred embodiment.
- the transfer of gaseous formaldehyde to an inert aqueous solution such as for example pure water or nitric acid, is carried out for a given time in order to concentrate the formaldehyde in a limited volume of water.
- a deferred analysis by fluorescence spectroscopy is performed.
- the device 300 implements a module 202 for generating a gaseous calibration substance that is identical to that of the device 200 of FIG. 6.
- the device 300 Downstream of the module 202 for generating a gaseous substance, the device 300 comprises a module 302 for transferring gaseous formaldehyde to an inert aqueous solution.
- the inert aqueous solution used in the context of this particular application example is a nitric acid solution contained in a tank 304 connected to the second channel 106 of the peristaltic pump 102 downstream of this pump 102 and in place of the reservoir. pure water 110 (see Figure 6).
- the transfer module 302 comprises a permeameter 306 comprising a microporous tube 308 in which a sample of the nitric acid solution HNO3 coming from the tank 304 circulates.
- the microporous tube 308 is connected upstream on the one hand to the generation module 202 for generating a gaseous calibration substance and to the source 220 of unknown aqueous phase (this source 220 can be indoor or outdoor air) by the intermediate valves 228, and secondly to the channel 106 of the peristaltic pump 102 downstream of the pump 102 via a three-way valve 310.
- the permeameter 308 is connected downstream on the one hand to the flowmeter 218 and the pump 216, and on the other hand to the channel 106 of the peristaltic pump 102 downstream of the three-way valve 310 via a second three-way valve This second three-way valve is situated upstream of the connection tee 116 of the two channels 104 and 106 of the peristaltic pump.
- a stable residual signal is obtained in the absence of airflow and passing the HNO3 solution via the microporous tube 306 of internal diameter of 1 mm.
- the two 3-way valves 310 and 312 located downstream of the peristaltic pump 102 are then actuated and the nitric acid solution no longer passes through the microporous tube 306.
- the air flowing co-axially in the permeameter 306 and outside and around the microporous tube 308 is pumped by the pump 218 for a given time (typically a few minutes) at a constant rate during the sampling period.
- the gaseous formaldehyde present in the pumped gas phase is transferred to the HNO3 liquid content inside the microporous tube 308.
- the resulting concentration of formaldehyde dissolved in the aqueous phase will depend on the air flow and the length of the microporous tube 308.
- the device 300 is identical to the devices 100 and 200 shown respectively in FIGS. 1 and 6.
- three selection valves 228 make it possible to choose pure air, pure air containing a determined concentration of formaldehyde and the unknown gas phase.
- the module 302 carries out the transfer to an inert solution of nitric acid, formaldehyde located respectively in pure air, pure air containing a determined concentration of formaldehyde and air sampled from the gas phase.
- the device 300 also comprises a channel 230 disposed between the module 302 and the module 202 and opening onto the ambient air.
- the device 300 comprises an adsorbent at the outlet of the channel 230 for trapping the formaldehyde.
- Fig. 10 is a graph showing the evolution of the fluorescence signal as a function of time for a) pure air taken for 2 minutes; b) a gas mixture containing 10 ⁇ g.m "3 formaldehyde charged for 2 minutes; c) clean air collected for 4 minutes, and d) a gas mixture containing 10 ⁇ g.m" formaldehyde collected for 4 minutes.
- the blank see peaks (a) and (c) in Figure 10, is obtained by taking clean air during the same time as the aqueous phase sample.
- the results show that the height of the fluorescence peak is dependent on the sampling time, see peaks b and d, at least between 0.5 and 5 minutes, which makes it possible to adapt this parameter to the measured concentrations.
- the sampling time was set at 2 minutes after experiments.
- the resulting concentration of formaldehyde in the aqueous phase may vary with the gas / liquid contact time at the interface of the microporous tube and since the liquid is immobile in the microporous tube 308 during sampling, tests have been carried out on the effect.
- the sample air flow rate and the length of the microporous tube 308 on the intensity of the fluorescence peak show the effect of the length of the microporous tube 308 on the fluorescence signal.
- the height of the fluorescence peak has a plateau for a length of the microporous tube of between 60 and 100 cm in the case where the air sampling rate is set at 1.2 liters per minute.
- Figure 12 shows the effect of airflow on the fluorescence signal.
- the height of the fluorescence peak is maximum for a sampling rate of between 1 and 1.5 L ⁇ min -1
- Figure 13 shows the intensity of the measurement signal as a function of the air flow passing through the microporous tube 308 and therefore the concentration of formaldehyde generated in the gas phase, for a sampling time of 2 minutes
- V 400 Volt
- Ti 400 ms
- Tm 300 ms
- N 600
- Treaction 80 0 C
- Tp 21.2 ° C
- Plamp 25 mW
- Dliq 1.04 mL.min-1
- Dair 1.24 L.min-1
- [HNO 3] 0.1 N
- microporous 80 cm.
- the limit of quantification of formaldehyde in the gaseous phase is of the order of 0.3 ⁇ g.m- 3 for a signal-to-noise ratio of approximately 10 and with a sampling time of 2 min and of 0, 15 ⁇ g.m- 3 for a sampling time of 4 min
- the increase in the sampling time makes it possible to lower the detection and quantification limits of formaldehyde gas.
- the reproducibility of this sampling technique is much better as shown by the high quality of the data obtained (see Figure 13).
- the present invention can be used for the analysis of formaldehyde in the gaseous or liquid phase, for the monitoring of indoor or outdoor air quality, in professional environments at risk, for the prevention of allergic asthma in hospitals, etc.
- the device for determining the concentration of a compound in the gas phase is not limited to formaldehyde and can be applied to any compound that is soluble in an aqueous phase, such as, for example, hydroperoxide. of methyl and compounds of the same family, hydrogen peroxide, glyoxal, methyl glyoxal, carboxylic acids and phenol and its derivatives such as cresols
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