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Gernot Friedrichs

Sensitive Absorption Methods for Quantitative Gas Phase Kinetic Measurements. Part 1: Frequency Modulation Spectroscopy

Keywords: Review, Frequency Modulation Spectroscopy, Time-Resolved, Reaction Kinetics

Frequency modulation spectroscopy (FMS) and cavity ringdown spectroscopy (CRDS) are sensitive absorption based detection methods that have found widespread applications in gas phase reaction kinetics. In part 1 of this review, the theoretical foundations of FMS are addressed with a special emphasis on time-resolved quantitative measurements of concentration profiles. A complementary review of CRDS can be found in part 2 (Z. Phys. Chem. 222 (2008) 31–61). Practical aspects, possible pitfalls, attainable sensitivities, and modern trends are discussed. Kinetic studies based on FMS measurements as a time-resolved detection tool are briefly reviewed and a bibliography with more than a hundred entries is included to facilitate the access to the large body of original literature.

Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag

Print ISSN: 0942-9352
Volume: 222, 01/2008
Pages: 1 - 30

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