Monitoring in situ

Quantitative analytical methods using FIA have been developed for cationic, anionic, and molecular pollutants in wastewater, fresh waters, groundwaters, and marine waters, several examples of which were described in the previous section. Table 13.2 provides a partial listing of other analytes that have been determined using FIA, many of which are modifications of conventional standard spectropho-tometric and potentiometric methods. An additional advantage of FIA for environmental analysis is its ability to provide for the continuous, in situ monitoring of pollutants in the field. ... 

Contactless, nondestructive monitoring of band gaps in semiconductors Wide range of temperatures and ambients (air, ultrahigh vacuum) in-situ monitoring of semiconductor growth... 

Propose a modified electrode surface suitable for detecting in-situ micromolar concentrations of ferric ion in an industrial stream. What are the challenges of such in-situ monitoring ... 

Figure 50.1. Comparison of conversion vs. time for the reaction of Scheme 50.1 using HPLC sampling of product concentration to in situ monitoring by FTIR spectroscopy and reaction calorimetry.

Hyperpolarized 129Xe NMR Spectroscopy, MRI and Dynamic NMR Microscopy for the In Situ Monitoring of Gas Dynamics in Opaque Media Including Combustion Processes... 

The in situ monitoring of high temperature reactions by hpl29Xe magnetic resonance is still in its infancy. Although the previous work on gas phase dynamics in porous media has shown the feasibility of dynamic microscopy and M RI and the first in situ combustion NMR spectra have been collected, much more development remains to be done. To date, hpl29Xe NMR and MRI are currently the only techniques available to study gas dynamics in porous and opaque systems. 

In Situ Monitoring of Multiphase Catalytic Reactions at Elevated Temperatures by MRI and NMR... 

Kazarian et al. [281-283] have used various spectroscopic techniques (including FUR, time-resolved ATR-FHR, Raman, UV/VIS and fluorescence spectroscopy) to characterise polymers processed with scC02. FTIR and ATR-FTIR spectroscopy have played an important role in developing the understanding and in situ monitoring of many SCF processes, such as drying, extraction and impregnation of polymeric materials. 

In the early 1990s, FTIR was being evaluated at Merck for the in situ monitoring of reactions. This new technology was expected to provide a powerful means to study a reaction as well as a method for analytical control in production [28]. Both silyl imidate formation and the reaction with DDQ could be conveniently monitored by FTIR, as shown in Figure 3.13. Silyl imidate formation was indicated by the appearance of an absorbance at 1667.5 cm4 with concomitant disappearance of the absorbance corresponding to BSTFA at 1324.0cm-1. A new absorbance... 

ReactIR refers to the real time, in situ monitoring of the IR spectrum of the reaction mixture with a ReactIR 4000 Reaction Analysis System available from AS I Applied Systems. 

In order to follow progress of elimination, reactions were also performed on thin films in a special sealed glass cell which permitted in situ monitoring of the electronic or infrared spectra at room temperature (23°C). Typically, the infrared or electronic spectrum of the pristine precursor polymer film was obtained and then bromide vapor was introduced into the reaction vessel. In situ FTIR spectra in the 250-4000 cm-- - region were recorded every 90 sec with a Digilab Model FTS-14 spectrometer and optical absorption spectra in the 185-3200 nm (0.39-6.70 eV) range were recorded every 15 min with a Perkin-Elmer Model Lambda 9 UV-vis-NIR spectrophotometer. The reactions were continued until no visible changes were detected in the spectra. 

Kamensky, V.A., Feldchtein, F.I., Gelikonov, V.M., Snopova, L.B., Muraviov, S.V., Malyshev, A.Y., Bityurin, N.M. and Sergeev, A.M. (1999). In situ monitoring of laser modification process in human cataractous lens and porcine cornea using coherence tomography. Journal of Biomedical Optics 4 137-143. 

Prior to the introduction of ion-selective electrode techniques, in situ monitoring of free copper (II) in seawater was not possible due to the practical limitations of existing techniques (e.g., ligand competition and bacterial reactions). Ex situ analysis of free copper (II) is prone to experimental error, as the removal of seawater from the ocean can lead to speciation of copper (II). Potentially, a copper (II) ion electrode is capable of rapid in situ monitoring of environmental free copper (II). Unfortunately, copper (II) has not been used widely for the analysis of seawater due to chloride interference that is alleged to render the copper nonfunctional in this matrix [288]. 

Lebo, J.A., J.L. Zajicek, J.N. Huckins, J.D. Petty, and P.H. Peterman. 1992. Use of semipermeable membrane devices for in situ monitoring of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in aquatic environments. Chemosphere 25 697-718. 

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