A time-of-flight mass spectrometer in reflectron configuration has been used for the real-time detection of combustion products. The products of a premixed laminar C2H4/O2 flame at atmospheric pressure were sampled along its axis, diluted with inert gas and carried to the ion source as a molecular beam under minimal perturbation. Electron ionization and different optical ionization sources are compared. Photoionization was achieved with laser radiation from a Nd:YAG nanosecond pulsed laser at two different wavelengths in the UV range (266 and 355 nm). The mass spectra obtained using laser wavelength of 355nm and electron ionization present a series of ions regularly spaced by 18 m/z units up to m/z 2000. This series allowed precise calibration of the instrument for compounds of high molecular weight. Information on the chemical nature of the analyzed species has been obtained by comparing mass spectra produced with different ionization methods. In order to better understand the growth mechanisms, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon sequences have been analyzed by fast Fourier transform of the mass spectra.
Analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon sequences in a premixed laminar flame by on-line time-of-flight mass spectrometry / Panariello, Marina; B., Apicella; M., Armenante; A., Bruno; A., Ciajolo; Spinelli, Nicola. - In: RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY. - ISSN 0951-4198. - STAMPA. - 22:4(2008), pp. 573-581. [10.1002/rcm.3391]
Analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon sequences in a premixed laminar flame by on-line time-of-flight mass spectrometry
PANARIELLO, MARINA;SPINELLI, NICOLA
2008
Abstract
A time-of-flight mass spectrometer in reflectron configuration has been used for the real-time detection of combustion products. The products of a premixed laminar C2H4/O2 flame at atmospheric pressure were sampled along its axis, diluted with inert gas and carried to the ion source as a molecular beam under minimal perturbation. Electron ionization and different optical ionization sources are compared. Photoionization was achieved with laser radiation from a Nd:YAG nanosecond pulsed laser at two different wavelengths in the UV range (266 and 355 nm). The mass spectra obtained using laser wavelength of 355nm and electron ionization present a series of ions regularly spaced by 18 m/z units up to m/z 2000. This series allowed precise calibration of the instrument for compounds of high molecular weight. Information on the chemical nature of the analyzed species has been obtained by comparing mass spectra produced with different ionization methods. In order to better understand the growth mechanisms, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon sequences have been analyzed by fast Fourier transform of the mass spectra.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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