Numéro
J. Phys. IV France
Volume 04, Numéro C7, Juillet 1994
8th International Topical Meeting on Photoacoustic and Photothermal Phenomena
8 ITMP3 / 8éme conférence internationale de photoacoustique et photothermique
Page(s) C7-63 - C7-66
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:1994716
8th International Topical Meeting on Photoacoustic and Photothermal Phenomena
8 ITMP3 / 8éme conférence internationale de photoacoustique et photothermique

J. Phys. IV France 04 (1994) C7-63-C7-66

DOI: 10.1051/jp4:1994716

Position modulated tangential photopyroelectric (PPE) spectrometry for low absorptions in liquids

M. Chirtoc1, 2, Z. Bozoki3, D. Bicanic4 and J. Gibkes2

1  Inst. Isotopic and Molec. Technol., P.O. Box 700, 3400 Cluj 5, Romania
2  Ruhr-Univ., Inst. Exper. Phys. III, AG Solid State Spectrosc., 44780 Bochum, Germany
3  Inst. Isotopes, P.O. Box 77, 1525 Budapest, Hungary
4  Laser Photoacoustic Lab., Agric. Univ., Bomenweg 4, 6703 HD Wageningen, The Netherlands


Abstract
A novel tangential photopyroelectric (PPE) cell for liquids is described in which the excitation laser beam is position-modulated. As a result, only the thermal wave is modulated and the background signal due to scattered light is suppressed by more than 50 times. The application for water pollution monitoring shows a detection limit of 1 mmol/m3 ammonium ion in water.



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