DEVELOPMENTS IN TRACE GAS ANALYSIS

Industrial and Environmental Applications

A one day meeting of
the Automation and Analytical Management Group, Analytical Division, RSC
in collaboration with
the National Physical Laboratory

Wednesday 25th June 2003 at the National Physical Laboratory

The aim of this meeting was to review developments in trace gas analysis, both in terms of the measurement technologies and the applications for their use. Talks covered research into the validation and calibration of different techniques, reviews of the current and future requirements for industrial and environmental trace gas measurements, and discussion on some of the latest technological developments in sensing instrumentation. The meeting was jointly sponsored by the DTI as part of the Valid Analytical Measurement (VAM) Programme, and by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

PROGRAMME

You can download abstracts in the form of Word files (approx. 5K).

• Trace Gas Analysis - An Overview,
  Peter Woods, NPL, Teddington, Middlesex

• Gas Purity Measurements,
  Gordon Ferrier, Air Products, Basingstoke, Hampshire

• Future Requirements within the Specialist Gas Industry,
  Kevin Cleaver, BOC plc, Guildford, Surrey

• Development of a Trace Water Vapour Calibration Facility,
  Tom Gardiner, NPL, Teddington, Middlesex

• The Challenges of Environmental Trace Gas Measurement,
  Theo Hafkenscheid, NMI, Delft, Netherlands

• GC-MS Measurements of Trace Odour Compounds,
  Mike Wright, HSL, Sheffield

• Latest Instrumentation for Trace Gas Sensing,
  Dave Quelch, Able Instruments, Reading, Berkshire

• Trace Detection using Quantum Cascade Lasers
  Prof. Geoff Duxbury, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

This page last updated on 30 August 2003