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 Hazardous Gas Monitors: A Practical Guide to Selection, Operation
and Applications
1. Introduction
• Analytical instruments and monitoring systems
• Gas sensors • Terms, definitions and abbreviations
2. Electrochemical Sensors • Principle of operation • Major components
• Characteristics • Pressure and temperature • Selectivity • Life expectancy
• Application
3. Catalytic Combustible Gas Sensors • Principle of operation • Characteristics
4. Solid-State Gas Sensors • Principle of operation • Characteristics
• Sensor gas list
5. Infrared Gas Sensors • Principle of operation • Key components for analysis
• Configuration • Characteristics • Application
6. Photoionization Sensors • Principles of operation • Characteristics
• Applications • "Lesser known" sensors
7. Other Gas Detection Principles • Flame ionization detectors
• Luminescence-based analyzers • Radioactive ionization detectors
• Paramagnetic oxygen analyzers • Solid-state zirconium oxide oxygen detectors
• Thermal conductivity detectors • Colorometric method
• Mass spectrometers • Gas chromatographs • FTIR
8. Sensor Selection Guide • Factors to consider in selecting sensors
• Toxic versus combustible gas monitoring • Summary
9. Instrumentation and Sensor Installation • Basic components
• Instrument configurations
10. Sampling System and Design • Factors to consider: temperature and humidity,
air speed, and gas concentration • Major components for sampling systems
• Extractive-type sampling system
11. Gas Sensor Calibration • Setting the "zero" reading • Span calibration
12. Description of Some Hazardous Gases • Ammonia • Arsine
• Carbon dioxide • Carbon monoxide • Chlorine Ethylene oxide
• Formaldehyde • Hydrogen chloride • Hydrogen cyanide • Hydrogen fluoride
• Hydrogen sulfide • Methyl bromide • Nitric oxide • Phosphine • Sulfur dioxide
Appendix I: PID Correction
Factors
Appendix II: Hazardous Gas Data (384 gases)
Appendix III: Chemical Names
and Synonyms
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