DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL

EDUCATION,A.P.
Name : P. SRINIVAS,
Designation : Lecturer
Branch : Electronics & Communication Engg.
Institute : GPW, Srikakulam, Srikakulam Dist.
Year/Semester : VI Semester
Subject : Analytical Instrumentation
Subject Cod : AEI-603
Topic : Pollution Analysers
Duration : 50 Mts
Sub Topic : Monitoring of Nitrogen Dioxide
Teaching Aids : Diagrams

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 Objectives

• On completion of this period, you would be

able to know :
Monitoring of Nitrogen Dioxide
• Types of NO2 monitoring method
• Chemilominescence
• CO laser

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Methods of monitoring of Nitrogen
dioxide
• Colorimetry
• Chemiluminescence
• Use of CO laser
• Laser opto-acoustic spectroscopy

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 Basic principle
• The principle is based on change of colour if a absorbing
solution when sample of air consists Nitrogen dioxide through
the solution

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 Description of Colorimetry Analysis
• Colorimetry method works on the Beer’s Law
• A sample of air containg Nitrogen dioxide is passed
into an evacuated flask
• The flask contain a solution of H2O2 in sulphric acid
• The Nitrogen dioxide in the sample , converted into
Nitric oxide

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Description of Colorimetry Analysis

• The Nitric oxide is further reacts with phenol

disulphonic Acid to produce a Yellow colour
•The intensity of yellow colour is proportional to
Nitrogen dioxide Present in the sample if air
• The intensity of colour is measured colorimetrically

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 Advantages

•Simplicity
•High sensitivity
•Free from iterference from H2SO4,SO3,NH3
•Good specificity

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 Basic principle

•The phenomenon of emission of radiation from

chemi-excited species is known as
Chemiluminescence,

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 Basic principle

•Absorption of Laser radiations due to the

interaction between the Nitrogen Dioxide and
Laser beam

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 Infrared
Laser Sample Cell detector

Audio
Lock-in
Gas
transfer
Amplifier
freq

Recorder

Montiring of Nitrogen dioxide

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Description of Monitoring of Nitrogen
dioxide using CO laser
•CO laser generates continuous laser beam
•It is dc excited
•The wavelength of laser beam is 5.03μm
•The absorption cell(sample) is made of Pyrex
•It is evacuated to a low pressure
•It is wounded with a coil and the coil is excited
with a current of 1A(50Hz-150Hz)
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Description of Monitoring of Nitrogen
dioxide using CO laser
•It produces a varying magnetic field
•Now interactions between both and dc and ac
magnetic fields and produces a audio frequency
magnetic filed
•This signal is given to the Infrared detector
•The detector output is given to the lock-in
amplifier
•The output signal of amplifier is proportional to
density of Nitrogen dioxide present in the sample
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 Summary

•Nitrogen dioxide monitoring methods:

Colorimetric, Chemiluminescence, Use of laser and
Laser opto-acoustic spectroscopy

•Chemiluminescence:
The phenomenon of emission of radiation from
chemi-excited species is known as
chemiluminescence
•CO laser

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 Quiz

1. The Nitrogen Dioxide in the sample reacts

with H2SO4 and H2O2 to produce

a) Sulphur dioxide

b) Nitric oxide

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 Important Questions

1. State the different methods used for monitoring

the Nitrogen Dioxide
2. Draw and explain the CO user method to
analyze the Nitrogen dioxide
3. State the basic principle of Chemilonescence

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