Atmos Gas Cells

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The standard long pathlength gas cell range is now the new Atmos™ series of metal-bodied fixed-pathlength gas cells.

They have been optimised using the latest optical modelling tools to give maximum signal-to-noise.

Wide pathlength range (2.5 to 20m) and vacuum to 125 psi operation.

Up to 200 °C with heating jacket and Ni-coated aluminium body.

Gold mirrors (protected) and Viton or Kalrez 'O' ring seals.

CaF2 or ZnSe windows, purgeable transfer optics box and leverlock series baseplate mounting.

Optional features include: vacuum / gas inlet & outlet taps, pressure gauge, desiccant storage caps and purge bellows.


ModelA2.5A5A10A20
Pathlength (m)2.55.01020
Base pathlength (mm)104139250455
Number of passes24364044
Volume (L)0.270.632.123.68

The Atmos™ range of cells are heatable to 200 °C with the addition of a heating jacket and temperature controller.

Why Atmos™?

  • Optimized optical path for unmatched signal-to-noise
  • Low cell volume for fast gas exchange
  • Ni-coated Al cell bodies for improved thermal transfer from heating jackets. Also holds higher gas pressure than glass.
  • Inert stainless-steel mirror substrates and avoidance of glues to prevent outgassing
  • 125 psi (8.6 bar) maximum cell pressure
  • Retrofittable heating jacket option for up to 200 °C

Which pathlength should I choose?

The absorbance of a gas depends on the distance travelled by the IR light beam through the gas sample. The relationship between absorbance, A, concentration, C, and pathlength, L, is given by Beer’s Law:

A = -log10 (I/I0) = a.C.L

Atmospheric concentrations of gases are usually expressed in C.L units of ppm.m – the number of molecules that would be encountered by the infrared beam across a 1.0 m path.

A gas at 0.1 ppm atmospheric concentration will absorb as much IR light over a pathlength of 100 m as would the same gas at 1 ppm over 10 meters or at 10 ppm over 1 meter.

Accordingly, the pathlength of cell should be chosen to give absorbance values within the spectrometer’s linear range for a given concentration. The following table may be taken as a guide:

 

Gas nameformulav (cm-1)ppm.mabsorbance
Carbon dioxideCO223601000.4
Carbon monoxideCO21701000.04
MethaneCH430201000.1
C2 to C6 n-alkanes29601000.1
Nitrogen dioxideNO216301000.15
Nitric oxideNO19001000.015
Sulfur dioxideSO213701000.09
Hydrogen sulfideH2S130010000.002
AmmoniaNH39601000.12
Hydrogen chlorideHCl29401000.04
WaterH2O165010000.2
Vinyl chlorideCH2CHCl950, 9001000.06
AcetaldehydeCH3CHO27501000.015
BenzeneC6H6670100.09
TolueneC6H5CH3730, 6901000.1
MethanolCH3OH10401000.1
EthanolCH3CH2OH10501000.05
Carbonyl sulfideCOS20701000.4
Nitrous oxideN2O22351000.15
Sulfur hexafluorideSF6950100.4


 

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