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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-4709-2024
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
A nitrate ion chemical-ionization atmospheric-pressure-interface time-of-flight mass spectrometer (NO3− ToFCIMS) sensitivity study
Stéphanie Alage
LISA, Université Paris-Est Créteil and Université Paris Cité, CNRS, 94010 Créteil, France
Vincent Michoud
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
LISA, Université Paris Cité and Université Paris-Est Créteil, CNRS, 75013 Paris, France
Sergio Harb
LISA, Université Paris-Est Créteil and Université Paris Cité, CNRS, 94010 Créteil, France
Bénédicte Picquet-Varrault
LISA, Université Paris-Est Créteil and Université Paris Cité, CNRS, 94010 Créteil, France
Manuela Cirtog
LISA, Université Paris-Est Créteil and Université Paris Cité, CNRS, 94010 Créteil, France
Avinash Kumar
Aerosol Physics Laboratory, Physics Unit, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Tampere University, 33720 Tampere, Finland
Matti Rissanen
Aerosol Physics Laboratory, Physics Unit, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Tampere University, 33720 Tampere, Finland
Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Christopher Cantrell
LISA, Université Paris-Est Créteil and Université Paris Cité, CNRS, 94010 Créteil, France
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Short summary
Calibration exercises are essential for determining the accuracy of instruments. We performed calibrations on a NO3¯ ToFCIMS instrument to determine its sensitivity and linearity for detecting various organic compounds. Our findings revealed significant variability, over several orders of magnitude, in the calibration factors obtained. The results suggest that relying on a single calibration factor from H2SO4 for the quantification of all compounds detected by this technique is not appropriate.
Calibration exercises are essential for determining the accuracy of instruments. We performed...