Electronic and software systems of an automated portable static mass spectrometer
- Authors: Chichagov Y.V.1, Bogdanov A.A.1, Lebedev D.S.1,2, Kogan V.T.1, Tubol’tsev Y.V.1, Kozlenok A.V.2, Moroshkin V.S.2, Berezina A.V.2
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Affiliations:
- Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute
- Almazov Federal Northwest Medical Research Centre
- Issue: Vol 62, No 1 (2017)
- Pages: 144-151
- Section: Biomedical Physics
- URL: https://ogarev-online.ru/1063-7842/article/view/198806
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784217010066
- ID: 198806
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Abstract
The electronic systems of a small high-sensitivity static mass spectrometer and software and hardware tools, which allow one to determine trace concentrations of gases and volatile compounds in air and water samples in real time, have been characterized. These systems and tools have been used to set up the device, control the process of measurement, synchronize this process with accompanying measurements, maintain reliable operation of the device, process the obtained results automatically, and visualize and store them. The developed software and hardware tools allow one to conduct continuous measurements for up to 100 h and provide an opportunity for personnel with no special training to perform maintenance on the device. The test results showed that mobile mass spectrometers for geophysical and medical research, which were fitted with these systems, had a determination limit for target compounds as low as several ppb(m) and a mass resolving power (depending on the current task) as high as 250.
About the authors
Yu. V. Chichagov
Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute
Author for correspondence.
Email: chichagov@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 194021
A. A. Bogdanov
Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute
Email: chichagov@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 194021
D. S. Lebedev
Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute; Almazov Federal Northwest Medical Research Centre
Email: chichagov@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 194021; St. Petersburg, 197341
V. T. Kogan
Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute
Email: chichagov@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 194021
Yu. V. Tubol’tsev
Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute
Email: chichagov@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 194021
A. V. Kozlenok
Almazov Federal Northwest Medical Research Centre
Email: chichagov@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 197341
V. S. Moroshkin
Almazov Federal Northwest Medical Research Centre
Email: chichagov@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 197341
A. V. Berezina
Almazov Federal Northwest Medical Research Centre
Email: chichagov@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 197341
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