Nitrogen dioxide, detection

Sensors for nitrogen dioxide detection use a Au/PVC composite prepared by dispersion of a fine gold powder in a highly plasticised PVC matrix containing a hydrophobic electrolyte (Au/PVC electrode)117 which could be used continuously for monitoring the gaseous environment when the nitrogen dioxide content varied only slowly. 

In Barillaro et al. (2008), nitrogen dioxide detection by using p+-n silicon diodes surrounded by a PSi layer was demonstrated. Adsorption of NO2 in the PSi layer modifies the electrical properties of the PSi/crystalline silicon interface and, in turn, the p n diode current. The device shows a higher selectivity to NOj in comparison with ethanol, at any polarization voltage and relative humidity level. 

Reference methods for criteria (19) and hazardous (20) poUutants estabHshed by the US EPA include sulfur dioxide [7446-09-5] by the West-Gaeke method carbon monoxide [630-08-0] by nondispersive infrared analysis ozone [10028-15-6] and nitrogen dioxide [10102-44-0] by chemiluminescence (qv) and hydrocarbons by gas chromatography coupled with flame-ionization detection. Gas chromatography coupled with a suitable detector can also be used to measure ambient concentrations of vinyl chloride monomer [75-01-4], halogenated hydrocarbons and aromatics, and polyacrylonitrile [25014-41-9] (21-22) (see Chromatography Trace and residue analysis). 

Here a chemical reaction produces a molecule with electrons in an excited state. Upon decay to the ground state the liberated radiation is detected. One such example is the reaction between ozone and nitric oxide to form nitrogen dioxide emitting radiation in the near infra-red in the 0.5-3/t region. The technique flnds use for measuring nitric oxide in ambient air or stack emissions. 

Commercially produced amines contain Impurities from synthesis, thus rigid specifications are necessary to avoid unwanted Impurities In final products. Modern-day analytical capability permits detection of minute quantities of Impurities In almost any compound. Detection In parts per million Is routine, parts per billion Is commonplace, and parts per trillion Is attainable. The significance of Impurities In products demands careful and realistic Interpretation. Nltrosatlng species, as well as natural amines, are ubiquitous In the environment. For example, Bassow (1976) cites that about 50 ppb of nitrous oxide and nitrogen dioxide are present In the atmosphere of the cities. Microorganisms In soil and natural water convert ammonia to nitrite. With the potential for nitrosamine formation almost ever-present In the envlronmeit, other approaches to prevention should Include the use of appropriate scavengers as additives In raw materials and finished products. 

Kolesar ES, Wiseman JM. 1989. Interdigitated gate electrode field effect transistor for the selective detection of nitrogen dioxide and diisopropyl methylphosphonate. Anal Chem 61(21) 2355. 

Kolesar ES, Brothers CP, Howe CP, et al. 1992. Integrated-circuit microsensor for selectively detecting nitrogen-dioxide and diisopropyl methylphosphonate. Thin Solid Films 220(1-2) 30-37. 

In this metho d [ 124 ] nitrate, nitrate plus nitrite or nitrite alone are selectively reduced to nitric oxide, which is swept from the sample in a helium carrier gas flow. Nitric oxide is allowed to react with ozone in a nitrogen oxide analyser, where it forms nitrogen dioxide. The return of the nitrogen dioxide to the ground state is accompanied by release of a photon, which is detected by a photomultiplier. The integrated output of the photomultiplier over the time that the nitric oxide is pinged from the sample is proportional to the nitrite content of the sample. 

The reaction in water at pH 7.4 has been much studied since the discovery of the importance of nitric oxide. The products are as for the thermal and photochemical reactions, except that the final product is nitrite ion. This is to be expected since nitric oxide in aerated water at pH 7.4 also yields quantitatively nitrite ion25, by it is believed the series of equations 7-9, which involves oxidation to nitrogen dioxide, further reaction to give dinitrogen trioxide which, in mildly alkaline solution, is hydrolysed to nitrite ion. Under anaerobic conditions it is possible to detect nitric oxide directly from the decomposition of nitrosothiols using a NO-probe electrode system26. Solutions of nitrosothiols both in... 

Laser-induced electronic fluorescence. Two devices reported recently look very promising for continuous atmospheric monitoring. Sensitivities of 0.6 ppb for nitrogen dioxide and ppb for formaldehyde are claimed. Careful attention to possible interference from other species is necessary. Detection of the hydroxyl radical in air ( 10 molecules/cm ) has been claimed for this technique, but it has been pointed out that this concentration seems much too high, especially because the air had been removed fix>m the sunlight 6 s before analysis spurious effects, such as photolysis of the ozone in the air by the laser beam and two-photon absorption by water vapor, might have been responsible for the hydroxyl radical that was observed. 

Adult male volunteers were exposed to purified air,2 -2 - to ozone alone, or to ozone in combination with nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide. No additional effects were detected when nitrogen dioxide at 0.3 ppm was added to ozone. The addition of carbon monoxide at 30 ppm to the ozone-nitrogen dioxide mixture produced no additional effects, other than a slight increase in blood carboxyhemoglobin content and small decreases in psychomotor performance, which were not consistent in different subject groups. 

TATP has such a high vapour pressure that it can probably be directly detected, whereas RDX has such a low vapour pressure that dogs alert on the bouquet of solvents used in its manufacture. Nitrate esters readily decompose to eliminate nitrogen dioxide (NO2). This can be a clue for canines and certainly is for chemiluminescence. 

In l,l,l,3,3,3-hexafluoropropan-2-ol, the reaction of l,4-dimethoxy-2,3-dimethylbenzene with a deficit of nitrogen dioxide gives a high concentration of the aromatic cation-radical, which lives long enough and can be detected spectroscopically. In the presence of excessive amounts of N02, this cation-radical decays rapidly giving the 5-nitro derivative of the starting compound (Eberson etal. 1996). 

Gaffney, J. S., R. M. Bornick, Y.-H. Chen, and N. A. Marley, Capillary Gas Chromatographic Analysis of Nitrogen Dioxide and PANs with Luminol Chemiluminescent Detection, Atmos. Environ., 32, 1445-1454(1998). 

Properties.—The blue solution is unstable and decomposes slowly, with formation of sulphuric acid, sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide. When shaken with air or submitted to oxidation by chlorine, nitric acid or hydrogen peroxide, conversion into nitrosulphonic acid is effected, brown fumes being liberated. Dilution -with water also destroys the coloured substance. If strongly cooled, the solution changes to an intense red, so that if a solution is too weak to possess a marked colour at the ordinary temperature, the presence of the purple acid can easily be detected by cooling in a mixture of acetone and solid carbon dioxide. 

Each of these considerations must be resolved before a personal monitor can be applied to air pollution research and characterization studies. Some advances have been made for carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, acid aerosols, and particulate matter (PM-10 and RSP these represent the masses of all particles collected in samplers with 50% cut sizes of 10 and 25 xm, respectively) and its components (12, 22-31). Each advance is still undergoing development, and further advances can be anticipated for these as well as for other pollutants. The next generation of monitors will probably include devices for some pollutants that incorporate the use of microsensors. Currently, microsensors are being examined for detection of nitrogen dioxide and ozone, but the range of sensors available suggests that they can be used for a number of compounds (10, 32) ... 

When the nitrogen atom of a pyridine is sufficiently nucleophilic, for example 3-cyano- (pK 1.45) but not 3-bromopyridine (pATa 0.9), attack occurs at the triple bond of the ester.238 The reaction can be very vigorous and, if carried out at - 60° in ether, pyridine itself appears to yield the zwitterion 1 which can be trapped by carbon dioxide. No direct physical evidence has been obtained for 1 and the first product detectable by low-temperature NMR measurements is the 9a//-quinolizine 5.239 Both geometrical forms of the betaine (2) have been isolated, and, at 0° in chloroform, decomposition to carbon dioxide, detected by its absorption at 2335 cm-1, and a red tar, occur rapidly. Treatment of the betaines with aqueous perchloric acid at its freezing point, however,... 

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