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Detection of Chemical Warfare Agents with a Miniaturized High-Performance Drift Tube Ion Mobility Spectrometer Using High-Energetic Photons for Ionization.
| Content Provider | Europe PMC |
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| Author | Ahrens, André Allers, Maria Bock, Henrike Hitzemann, Moritz Ficks, Arne Zimmermann, Stefan |
| Copyright Year | 2022 |
| Abstract | A growing demand for low-cost gas sensors capable ofdetectingthe smallest amounts of highly toxic substances in air, includingchemical warfare agents (CWAs) and toxic industrial chemicals (TICs),has emerged in recent years. Ion mobility spectrometers (IMS) areparticularly suitable for this application due to their high sensitivityand fast response times. In view of the preferred mobile use of suchdevices, miniaturized ion drift tubes are required as the core ofIMS-based lightweight, low-cost, hand-held gas detectors. Thus, weevaluate the suitability of a miniaturized ion mobility spectrometerfeaturing an ion drift tube length of just 40 mm and a high resolvingpower of Rp = 60 for the detection ofvarious CWAs, such as nerve agents sarin (GB), tabun (GA), soman (GD),and cyclosarin (GF), as well as the blister agent sulfur mustard (HD),the blood agent hydrogen cyanide (AC) and the choking agent chlorine(CL). We report on the limits of detection reaching minimum concentrationlevels of, for instance, 29 pptv for sarin (GB) withinan averaging time of only 1 s. Furthermore, we investigate the effectsof precursors, simulants, and other common interfering substanceson false positive alarms. |
| ISSN | 00032700 |
| Journal | Analytical Chemistry |
| Volume Number | 94 |
| PubMed Central reference number | PMC9647701 |
| Issue Number | 44 |
| PubMed reference number | 36301910 |
| e-ISSN | 15206882 |
| DOI | 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c03422 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Chemical Society |
| Publisher Date | 2022-10-27 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | Permits the broadest form of re-use including for commercial purposes, provided that author attribution and integrity are maintained (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). © 2022 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Analytical Chemistry |