An automated gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry instrument  for the quantitative analysis of halocarbons in air

Obersteiner, F.; Bönisch, H.; Engel, A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-179-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-179-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-179-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 1

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25 Jan 2016

Research article |

| 25 Jan 2016

An automated gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry instrument for the quantitative analysis of halocarbons in air

F. Obersteiner, H. Bönisch, and A. Engel

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AC C3262: 'Error on calculation of substance masses', Florian Obersteiner, 13 Oct 2015
RC C3609: 'Review for Obersteiner et al., An automated gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry instrument for the quantitative analysis of halocarbons in air, AMTD, doi:10.5194/amtd-8-9455-2015', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Oct 2015
RC C3926: 'Review of Obersteiner et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Nov 2015

Short summary

We present the characterization and application of a new gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry instrument, with focus on quantitative analysis of halocarbons in air samples. The applicability of the TOFMS technique, e.g. to form the basis of a "digital air archieve", is supported by the findings of this work: very high sensitivity, high measurement precision, a large dynamical range and an open data format which allows in-depth analysis of the data.