The importance of cylinder passivation for preparation and long-term stability of multicomponent monoterpene primary reference materials

Allen, Nicholas D. C.; Worton, David R.; Brewer, Paul J.; Pascale, Celine; Niederhauser, Bernhard

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-6429-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-6429-2018

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-6429-2018

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

Articles | Volume 11, issue 12

Research article

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03 Dec 2018

Research article |

| 03 Dec 2018

The importance of cylinder passivation for preparation and long-term stability of multicomponent monoterpene primary reference materials

Nicholas D. C. Allen, David R. Worton, Paul J. Brewer, Celine Pascale, and Bernhard Niederhauser

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RC1: 'Comment on AMT-2018-165', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Jul 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewers comments and to the editor', Nick Allen, 11 Oct 2018
RC2: 'Review of “The importance of cylinder passivation chemistry for preparation and long-term stability of multicomponent monoterpene primary reference materials”', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Sep 2018
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewers comments and to the editor', Nick Allen, 11 Oct 2018

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (30 Oct 2018) by Eric C. Apel

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ED: Publish as is (14 Nov 2018) by Eric C. Apel

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Short summary

This paper investigates the stability of trace level static terpene primary reference materials (PRMs) and how the choice of passivation affects this process. For the first time, sampling canisters that can be used in the field are tested and demonstrated to be suitable for terpene mixtures. The PRMs were compared against a novel dynamic generator system based on dilution of pure limonene vapour emitted from a permeation tube. The effect of cylinder pressure and decanting are also investigated.