Remote IR Monitors

Results of testing the Travel// could provide insights leading to successful application of this FT-IR technology in identifying air samples. The Travel// has the software capability to subtract the suspected background spectrum to isolate the substance spectrum for subsequent identification search. Such a feature may provide a means of minimizing potential interference. 

Unfortunately, the tested detectors based on IR techniques do not have sufficient sensitivity to detect CWAs in vapor to meet IDLH levels. Given the abihty of these instruments to reliably identify targeted chemicals, they could become useful tools in assessing incidents where concentrations higher than IDLH levels are likely to exist. 

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