Fast Sensing of Hydrogen Cyanide (HCN) Vapors Using a Hand-Held Ion Mobility Spectrometer with Nonradioactive Ionization Source
Sensitive real-time detection of vapors produced by toxic industrial chemicals (TICs) always represents a stringent priority. Hydrogen cyanide (HCN) is definitely a TIC, being widely used in various industries and as an insecticide; it is a reactive, very flammable, and highly toxic compound that af...
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doaj-997c32faf3cc40a19eaee123a9e2388d2021-08-06T15:31:16ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202021-07-01215045504510.3390/s21155045Fast Sensing of Hydrogen Cyanide (HCN) Vapors Using a Hand-Held Ion Mobility Spectrometer with Nonradioactive Ionization SourceVictor Bocos-Bintintan0Ileana Andreea Ratiu1Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Babes-Bolyai University, RO-400294 Cluj-Napoca, Romania“Raluca Ripan” Institute for Research in Chemistry, Babes-Bolyai University, RO-400294 Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaSensitive real-time detection of vapors produced by toxic industrial chemicals (TICs) always represents a stringent priority. Hydrogen cyanide (HCN) is definitely a TIC, being widely used in various industries and as an insecticide; it is a reactive, very flammable, and highly toxic compound that affects the central nervous system, cardiovascular system, eyes, nose, throat, and also has systemic effects. Moreover, HCN is considered a blood chemical warfare agent. This study was focused toward quick detection and quantification of HCN in air using time-of-flight ion mobility spectrometry (ToF IMS). Results obtained clearly indicate that IMS can rapidly detect HCN at sub-ppm<sub>v</sub> levels in air. Ion mobility spectrometric response was obtained in the negative ion mode and presented one single distinct product ion, at reduced ion mobility K<sub>0</sub> of 2.38 cm<sup>2</sup> V<sup>−1</sup> s<sup>−1</sup>. Our study demonstrated that by using a miniaturized commercial IMS system with nonradioactive ionization source model LCD-3.2E (Smiths Detection Ltd., London, UK), one can easily measure HCN at concentrations of 0.1 ppm<sub>v</sub> (0.11 mg m<sup>−3</sup>) in negative ion mode, which is far below the OSHA PEL-TWA value of 10 ppm<sub>v</sub>. Measurement range was from 0.1 to 10 ppm<sub>v</sub> and the estimated limit of detection LoD was <i>ca</i>. 20 ppb<sub>v</sub> (0.02 mg m<sup>−3</sup>).https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/15/5045hydrogen cyanide (HCN)ion mobility spectrometry (IMS)trace detectiontoxic industrial compounds (TICs)chemical warfare agents (CWAs) |
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Victor Bocos-Bintintan Ileana Andreea Ratiu Fast Sensing of Hydrogen Cyanide (HCN) Vapors Using a Hand-Held Ion Mobility Spectrometer with Nonradioactive Ionization Source Sensors hydrogen cyanide (HCN) ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) trace detection toxic industrial compounds (TICs) chemical warfare agents (CWAs) |
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Victor Bocos-Bintintan Ileana Andreea Ratiu |
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Victor Bocos-Bintintan |
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Fast Sensing of Hydrogen Cyanide (HCN) Vapors Using a Hand-Held Ion Mobility Spectrometer with Nonradioactive Ionization Source |
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Fast Sensing of Hydrogen Cyanide (HCN) Vapors Using a Hand-Held Ion Mobility Spectrometer with Nonradioactive Ionization Source |
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Fast Sensing of Hydrogen Cyanide (HCN) Vapors Using a Hand-Held Ion Mobility Spectrometer with Nonradioactive Ionization Source |
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Fast Sensing of Hydrogen Cyanide (HCN) Vapors Using a Hand-Held Ion Mobility Spectrometer with Nonradioactive Ionization Source |
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Fast Sensing of Hydrogen Cyanide (HCN) Vapors Using a Hand-Held Ion Mobility Spectrometer with Nonradioactive Ionization Source |
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fast sensing of hydrogen cyanide (hcn) vapors using a hand-held ion mobility spectrometer with nonradioactive ionization source |
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Sensitive real-time detection of vapors produced by toxic industrial chemicals (TICs) always represents a stringent priority. Hydrogen cyanide (HCN) is definitely a TIC, being widely used in various industries and as an insecticide; it is a reactive, very flammable, and highly toxic compound that affects the central nervous system, cardiovascular system, eyes, nose, throat, and also has systemic effects. Moreover, HCN is considered a blood chemical warfare agent. This study was focused toward quick detection and quantification of HCN in air using time-of-flight ion mobility spectrometry (ToF IMS). Results obtained clearly indicate that IMS can rapidly detect HCN at sub-ppm<sub>v</sub> levels in air. Ion mobility spectrometric response was obtained in the negative ion mode and presented one single distinct product ion, at reduced ion mobility K<sub>0</sub> of 2.38 cm<sup>2</sup> V<sup>−1</sup> s<sup>−1</sup>. Our study demonstrated that by using a miniaturized commercial IMS system with nonradioactive ionization source model LCD-3.2E (Smiths Detection Ltd., London, UK), one can easily measure HCN at concentrations of 0.1 ppm<sub>v</sub> (0.11 mg m<sup>−3</sup>) in negative ion mode, which is far below the OSHA PEL-TWA value of 10 ppm<sub>v</sub>. Measurement range was from 0.1 to 10 ppm<sub>v</sub> and the estimated limit of detection LoD was <i>ca</i>. 20 ppb<sub>v</sub> (0.02 mg m<sup>−3</sup>). |
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hydrogen cyanide (HCN) ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) trace detection toxic industrial compounds (TICs) chemical warfare agents (CWAs) |
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