Preparation and analysis of zero gases for the measurement  of trace VOCs in air monitoring

Englert, Jennifer; Claude, Anja; Demichelis, Alessia; Persijn, Stefan; Baldan, Annarita; Li, Jianrong; Plass-Duelmer, Christian; Michl, Katja; Tensing, Erasmus; Wortman, Rina; Ghorafi, Yousra; Lecuna, Maricarmen; Sassi, Guido; Sassi, Maria Paola; Kubistin, Dagmar

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3197-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3197-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3197-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 6

Research article

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04 Jun 2018

Research article |

| 04 Jun 2018

Preparation and analysis of zero gases for the measurement of trace VOCs in air monitoring

Jennifer Englert, Anja Claude, Alessia Demichelis, Stefan Persijn, Annarita Baldan, Jianrong Li, Christian Plass-Duelmer, Katja Michl, Erasmus Tensing, Rina Wortman, Yousra Ghorafi, Maricarmen Lecuna, Guido Sassi, Maria Paola Sassi, and Dagmar Kubistin

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RC1: 'Comments on Englert et al.', Jochen Rudolph, 11 Dec 2017
- AC1: 'Author's response to reviewer Jochen Rudolph', Anja Claude, 04 Apr 2018
RC2: 'pure air generation', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Jan 2018
- AC2: 'Author's response to reviewer #2', Anja Claude, 04 Apr 2018
SC1: 'Comment', Marta Doval Miñarro, 13 Jan 2018
- AC3: 'Author's response to comment from Marta Doval Minarro', Anja Claude, 04 Apr 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Anja Claude on behalf of the Authors (05 Apr 2018)

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (13 Apr 2018) by Andreas Hofzumahaus

RR by Jochen Rudolph (18 Apr 2018)

ED: Publish as is (18 Apr 2018) by Andreas Hofzumahaus

AR by Anja Claude on behalf of the Authors (26 Apr 2018)

Short summary

For volatile organic compound (VOC) observations, zero gases free of VOC traces are essential for the characterisation of the measurement devices and procedures, for instrument operation as well as for calibrations. Three gas purifiers were tested for their removal efficiency of VOCs following a standardised procedure. Results show that not all purification methods removed VOCs from the zero gas and that a gas purifier needs to be tested before its intended application in the field.