Introducing the extended volatility range proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometer (EVR PTR-MS)

Piel, Felix; Müller, Markus; Winkler, Klaus; Skytte af Sätra, Jenny; Wisthaler, Armin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-1355-2021

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-1355-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-1355-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

Research article

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22 Feb 2021

Research article |

| 22 Feb 2021

Introducing the extended volatility range proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometer (EVR PTR-MS)

Felix Piel, Markus Müller, Klaus Winkler, Jenny Skytte af Sätra, and Armin Wisthaler

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AR by Svenja Lange on behalf of the Authors (19 Nov 2020) Author's response

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (23 Nov 2020) by Andreas Hofzumahaus

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (14 Dec 2020)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (16 Dec 2020)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (16 Dec 2020) by Andreas Hofzumahaus

AR by Armin Wisthaler on behalf of the Authors (17 Dec 2020) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (07 Jan 2021) by Andreas Hofzumahaus

Short summary

Proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometry (PTR-MS) instruments are widely used in the atmospheric community for measuring organic trace substances in the Earth's atmosphere. Some of these substances stick onto and slowly come off surfaces in the PTR-MS analyzer, which makes it impossible to measure rapid changes in the atmosphere. Herein, we present a new type of PTR-MS instrument with a specially treated surface that mitigates this problem.