Teflon filters filter pack method

An informal intercomparison of these two CIMS methods with a filter pack method shows generally excellent agreement between the mass spectrometric approaches and often, but not uniformly, good agreement with the filter pack method (Fehsenfeld et al., 1998). The latter was often high, which was attributed to interference from decomposition of ammonium nitrate to HNO-, + NH3 on the Teflon particle prefilter, followed by absorption of the HNO-, by the nylon filter. 

Annular denuder Cyclone or impactor (Teflon) Same as with denuder Same as with filter pack method... 

Filters. HN03 is efficiently trapped out on nylon filters. Typically, two or more filters are connected in series. A schematic of such a filter pack was shown in Fig. 11.22 (Anlauf et al., 1988). A Teflon filter first removes particles from the airstream and a nylon filter then removes gaseous HNO,. In this particular system, a third filter (Whatman 41 impregnated with an aqueous solution of glycerol and citric acid) was used to trap NH3. After sample collection, each of the filters is extracted separately and nitrate, ammonium, and additional particle components collected on the Teflon filter are measured by ion chromatography. The sensitivity of this method for nitric acid and the other species is determined in part by filter blank values (i.e., nitrate on unexposed filters) and by the total amount collected and hence the sampling time used. Times of... 

Methodology. Teflon filters exhibit the lowest HN03 retention of those in common use (12). Fluoropore (Millipore Corporation) and Zefluor PTFE filters (Gelman Sciences) of 0.5- to 2- xm pore size, are frequently used as prefilters in the filter pack method (FPM). With 47-mm-diameter filters, flow rates with the FPM from 10 to 20 L/min are typical. The 2- xm pore size Zefluor filter exhibited 97% efficiency for 0.035- xm particles at a face velocity of 33 cm/s, with a pressure drop of 1.0 cm Hg (1.3 kPa) (33). 

Yebra et al. [83] used a continuous-flow procedure for the indirect determination of sodium cyclamate by flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS). This method is based on oxidation of the sulfamic group derived from cyclamate to sulfate in acidic conditions and in the presence of sodium nitrite. The procedure is adapted to a flow system with precipitate dissolution (Figure 24.11), where sulfate formed is continuously precipitated with lead ion. The lead sulfate formed is retained on a filter, washed with diluted ethanol, and dissolved in ammonium acetate (because of the formation of soluble lead acetate) for online FAAS determination of lead, the amount of which in the precipitate is proportional to that of cyclamate in the sample. In this work a home-made filtration device was used made of a Teflon tubing packed with a cotton pulp and the ends of the filter column were plugged with filter paper (chamber inner volume 141 J,L). This precipitate collector was effective in retaining the precipitate and did not produce excessive back-pressure if the precipitate was dissolved following each precipitation cycle. 

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