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Differential Mobility Spectrometry of Ketones in Air at Extreme Levels of Moisture

Differential Mobility Spectrometry of Ketones in Air at Extreme Levels of Moisture

Z Safaei, G A Eiceman, J Puton, J A Stone, M Nasirikheirabadi, O Anttalainen, M Sillanpää

Sci Rep. 2019 Apr 3;9(1):5593.

PMID: 30944342

Abstract:

The performance of a differential mobility spectrometer was characterized at ambient pressure and ten values of water vapor concentration, from 1.0 × 102 to 1.7 × 104 ppm using a homologous series of seven ketones from acetone to 2-dodecanone. Dispersion plots at 30 °C with separation fields from 35 to 123 Td exhibited increased alpha functions for the hydrated proton, protonated monomers, and proton bound dimers with increased moisture levels. Increases in the level of moisture were accompanied by decreased quantitative response with progressive suppression in the formation of the proton bound dimer first and then protonated monomer. Product ions for 2-octanone at 7 ppb were not observed above a moisture level of 4.0 × 103 ppm, establishing a limit for observation of analyte ion formation. The observation limit increased from 1.1 × 103 ppm for acetone to 5.7 × 103 ppm for 2-dodecanone. These findings demonstrate that ketones can be determined with a differential mobility spectrometry (DMS) analyzer near room temperature in the presence of elevated levels of moisture expected with the use of membrane inlets or headspace sampling of surface or ground waters. Moisture levels entering this DMS analyzer employed as an environmental monitor should be kept at 1.0 × 103 ppm or below and quantitative studies for individual ketones should be made at a fixed moisture level.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP6175491	2-Dodecanone		6175-49-1	Price

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