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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1989
Kenneth W Busch, Waco, TX (US);
M Keith Hudson, Little Rock, AR (US);
Marianna A Busch, Waco, TX (US);
Sidney W Kubala, Jr, Hewitt, TX (US);
David C Tilotta, Waco, TX (US);
Christopher K Lam, Waco, TX (US);
Ravishankar Srinivasan, Waco, TX (US);
Research Corporation Technologies, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and method for qualitatively and quantitatively analyzing infrared emission from excited molecules in samples of interest is disclosed. Over the wavelength interval from 1 to 5 um, two strong emission bands are observed with a PbSe detector when organic compounds are introduced into an hydrogen/air flame. The band at 4.3 um (2326 cm.sup.-1 is due to the asymmetric stretch of carbon dioxide while the band at 2.7 um is due to both water and carbon dioxide emission. The carbon dioxide emission at 4.3 um is most intense at the tip of the flame, and increases with the amount of organic compound introduced into the flame. For chromatographic application, an optical filter can be used to isolate the 4.3 um emission band. The infrared emission detection system finds application in the determination of total inorganic carbon, chloride and available chlorine in aqueous samples. The detector is optimized by use of a dual beam system with background subtraction capabilities thereby eliminating background noise and the fluctuations therein.