Accession Number:

AD0785585

Title:

Airborne Vapor Surveillance System

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

VARIAN ASSOCIATES INC PALO ALTO CA

Personal Author(s):

• Arnold, James T.
• Robbiano, Paul

Report Date:

1974-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

51.0

Abstract:

The report describes a transportable membrane separator-mass spectrometer system for the detection of trace vapors in ambient atmosphere. It employs a Llewellyn membrane separator, a quadrupole mass filter, and an on line system for data processing and display. Design electronics, and software are discussed, and installations in a mobile van and a fixed-wing aircraft are described.

Descriptors:

• *GAS DETECTORS
• *MASS SPECTROSCOPY
• COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
• GAS ANALYSIS
• SEPARATORS
• MOBILE
• MEMBRANES
• MASS SPECTROMETERS
• ONLINE SYSTEMS
• VAPORS
• DATA PROCESSING
• SENSITIVITY

Subject Categories:

• Computer Programming and Software
• Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods
• Atomic and Molecular Physics and Spectroscopy

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE