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Anal Bioanal Chem (2002) 374 :535–539 DOI 10.1007/s00216-002-1499-0 ORIGINAL PAPER In-Hyoung Chang · Sung-Bong Chun · Dong Soo Lee A high–efficiency annular diffusion scrubber for the collection of water-soluble trace atmospheric gases Received: 6 May 2002 / Revised: 8 July 2002 / Accepted: 10 July 2002 / Published online: 7 September 2002 © Springer-Verlag 2002 Abstract The design and construction details of an annu- to fabricate and use than a WEDD, but it suffers from low lar diffusion scrubber to be used as a quantitative gas sam- collection efficiency, which not only lowers LOD, but pler are described. A large-diameter inner tube (12 mm also make it mandatory to use a standard gas for periodic o.d.) wrapped with liquid channel interior of thin mem- calibration to ensure accurate monitoring. Recently, only brane (70 µm thickness) provided high collection efficien- a limited number of DS have been developed for quantita- cy. With SO2 as the test gas, the performance data for a tive collection [13, 14, 15]. high-efficiency annular diffusion scrubber, coupled to an In this work, we introduce a quantitative and easily fab- ion chromatograph, are presented. Quantitative collection ricated annular DS for the collection of atmospheric trace and excellent reproducibility are observed at air sampling gases. The design and performance of this newly devel- rates up to 2 L/min. The estimated detection limit is oped DS are described, and ion chromatographic determi- 4 pptv for a 20-L air sampling volume. nation of atmospheric SO2 is demonstrated as an example. Keywords Annular diffusion scrubber · Hydrophilic inner tube · Porous membrane · Atmospheric analysis Experimental