Table 1 Specifications of the MCC-IMS used for the study
MCC-IMS device | BioScout, B&S Analytik GmbH, Dortmund, Germany |
Preseparation | Multi-capillary column OV-5 (length 22 cm), Multichrom Ltd., Novosibirsk, Russia |
MCC temperature | 40 °C |
Sample loop | Stainless steel, volume 10 ml |
Ionization source | ß-radiation, 63Ni (550 MBq) |
Electric field strength | 330 V/cm |
Shutter opening time | 300 μs |
Drift and carrier gas | Synthetic air, Air Liquide AG, Düsseldorf, Germany |
Drift gas flow | 100 ml/min |
Carrier gas flow | 150 ml/min |
Sampling time | 30 s |
Sample flow | 100 ml/min |
Temperature | ambient |
Pressure | ambient |
Tubing | PTFE, Bohlender GmbH, Grünsfeld, Germany |