Environmental

Detection and quantification of VOCs in ambient air samples has traditionally proved difficult, yet some of the most notorious air pollutants (such as benzene, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde and 1,3-butadiene) are VOCs.

Growing public, occupational health and safety and regulatory demand for effective air monitoring programmes has highlighted the need for rapid and accurate VOC detection systems. At Syft we've developed a SIFT-MS system that can rapidly (in seconds) detect and quantify VOCs to the single-digit pptv level, making VOC detection in ambient air samples easy, economical and, for the first time, practical.

Applications include:

• Indoor air quality testing including “Sick Building Syndrome” and vehicle indoor air quality
• Real-time environmental monitoring including outdoor air quality, hazardous pollutants and vehicle emissions testing
• Identification and quantification of fumigants and toxic industrial chemicals.

Advantages of SIFT-MS for these applications:

• Real-time analysis with no sample preparation, no solvents and no calibration
• Broad range of VOCs analyzed simultaneously
• Absolute quantitation
• High sensitivity to part-per-trillion by volume (pptv) detection limits
• Simple push-button operation with laboratory grade results
• Self-contained on-site analysis or off-site analysis with a range of sample collection methods.

Related Topics

• For information on detection of fumigants and toxic indutrial chemicals, visit our container air analysis page.
• For information on medical applications, visit our medical applications page.