Evaluation of Viking 573 GC/MS System and Chemical Warfare Agent (CWA) Detection

Abstract

The Mobile Laboratories & Kits (ML&K) Team, U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, was funded by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) to evaluate a portable Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (CG/MS) system that they routinely use in mobile laboratory applications. The NYCDEP provided a Bruker Viking 573 CG/MS system, which was verified according to manufacturer's recommendations. Members of the ML&K Team developed methods to evaluate the capabilities of the system against six chemical warfare agents (CWAs), including the Limit of Detection (LOD) and dynamic range for all six CWA compounds in organic solvent and soil matrices.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA477098

Entities

People

  • Earl Austin
  • Kenneth T. Hoang

Organizations

  • Edgewood Chemical Biological Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Warfare
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Chlorides
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Dynamic Range
  • Environmental Protection
  • Gas Chromatography
  • Identification Systems
  • Mass Spectrometers
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Mobile Laboratories
  • New York
  • Organic Solvents
  • Solvents
  • Spectrometry
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry

Readers

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Environmental Engineering.