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What is a tunable diode laser absorption spectrometer used for?

  • A.Measuring particulate concentration by light scattering
  • B.Separating a mixture before an infrared measurement
  • C.Measuring one gas on a single narrow absorption line
  • D.Scanning the whole infrared spectrum at high resolution

Answer: C

A diode laser is swept across a single rotational vibrational line of the target gas, and because the line is narrower than any interference the measurement is extremely selective. It is used in situ across a duct for ammonia slip, hydrogen chloride, oxygen and moisture at high temperature, where extracting a sample would be difficult. It scans a fraction of a wavenumber rather than the whole spectrum, measures no particulate, and separates nothing. Selectivity through spectral resolution is the guiding idea.

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