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Photoacoustic Detection of Formaldehyde as a Minority Component in Gas Mixtures

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Photoacoustic and Photothermal Phenomena

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Formaldehyde concentrations as low as 51 ppbv are measured in gaseous samples containing mixtures of H2CO, NO2, CH3CHO, and N2 using a nanosecond, pulsed laser photoacoustic spectrometer operating in the ultraviolet.

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Boutonnat, M., Keilbach, K.A., Gilmore, D.A., Oliphant, N., Cvijin, P.V., Atkinson, G.H. (1988). Photoacoustic Detection of Formaldehyde as a Minority Component in Gas Mixtures. In: Hess, P., Pelzl, J. (eds) Photoacoustic and Photothermal Phenomena. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 58. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48181-2_34

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