I want to produce an electrochemical/electron ionising detector and would like some help.
Hi readers, I want to create a device very much like a Carbon Monoxide detector. I want to detect a specific solvent.
I think I have 3 questions (the first of which maybe best posted on a chemistry forum aswell);
1) Is electron ionisation possible with all element of the periodic table?
2) Is it as easy as contacting a manufacture and telling them what I need? (FYI I have not applied for a patent as yet)
3) Am I asking the right questions with regards to my project?
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated
Kind regards
Mike

 

Hello,

Take a look at the theory on a mass-spectrometer:
http://www2.chemistry.msu.edu/faculty/reusch/VirtTxtJml/Spectrpy/MassSpec/masspec1.htm

It will be very difficult to make one yourself.

Bertus

 

Is it as easy as contacting a manufacture and telling them what I need? (FYI I have not applied for a patent as yet)

If you're serious about that patent, any prior disclosure makes it impossible.

 

Thanks for getting back to me so soon.
Please be reassured, I won’t be turning up on Dragons Den in the near future.

I have told NO ONE about my project and/or the solvents molecular structure and do not intent to until I get the patent.

Kind regards
Mike

 

Hi Burtus
Thanks for getting back to me so soon.
I’m not wanting to make this thing. I want to give the spec’s to others who can.
I'll leave it to the Doc to make the Flux capacitor... I just want to drive the DeLorean (Back to the future joke).

Kind regards
Mike

 

BURTUS
I just read back my reply and I think it sounded so rude. What I should have said/added is that I have some reading to do! You input is greatly appreciated.
Oops
Mike

 

us scientists need to find our place...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koJlIGDImiU

he is so short...

anyway back to electron ionisation

 

Hello,

There are a lot of types of ionisation methods:

Ionisation methods include the following:
Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionisation (APCI)
Chemical Ionisation (CI)
Electron Impact (EI)
Electrospray Ionisation (ESI)
Fast Atom Bombardment (FAB)
Field Desorption / Field Ionisation (FD/FI)
Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionisation (MALDI)
Thermospray Ionisation (TSP)

The fat printed are descibed on this page:
http://www.astbury.leeds.ac.uk/facil/MStut/mstutorial.htm

An other page with a lot of links is this one:
http://www.ionsource.com/

Bertus