THE LOW CONCENTRATION DETERMINATION OF NITROUS-OXIDE AND VOLATILE ANESTHETICS BY FTIR SPECTROSCOPY

Authors
UYANIK A FUENTES AF MARR IL
Citation
A. Uyanik et al., THE LOW CONCENTRATION DETERMINATION OF NITROUS-OXIDE AND VOLATILE ANESTHETICS BY FTIR SPECTROSCOPY, Spectroscopy letters, 31(1), 1998, pp. 41-49
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy
Journal title
Spectroscopy letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00387010
Volume
31
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
41 - 49
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-7010(1998)31:1<41:TLCDON>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
An FTIR method is described and evaluated for the low concentration an alysis of volatile anaesthetics (halothane, isoflurane) and nitrous ox ide. It has been found that no serious problem occurs in the trace det ermination of volatile anaesthetics but nitrous oxide introduces lack of sensitivity (<10 ppm) and non linearity problems at lower concentra tions (<40 ppm) in the described analysis method.