The Use of Headspace With Sample Concentration to MeetAlberta Tier 1 VOC Guidelines

Pat Steffes

K’(Prime) Technologies Inc.

April 25, 2013

Current Techniques 2

Purge and Trap

CTC Headspace

Traditional Headspace

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ITEX (In-Tube Extraction)

ITEX

Tech

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Chromatography

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Calibration Curve

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0.1 ppb Vinyl Chloride Standard

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Integration of Carbon Tetrachloride at 0.4 ppb

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Further Work

• Determine life cycle of traps and heaters

• Experiment with other trap materials

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Thanks Preston Kulmatycki for

application work and application note

Joe Crumbaugh and Brenda Chomin of WEALA