Laminar Flow Tube Reactor Interface With Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer

摘要

Nucleation of supersaturated water vapor was studied using the Laminar Flow Tube Reactor (LFTR) technique. In order to check the presence of contaminants in the freshly nucleated water particles, the LFTR has been connected to a mass spectrometer. Trace amounts contaminants arising from the substances used as a circulating liquid to maintain temperatures of the LFTR have been detected. The results of the mass specroscopic analysis are in full agreement with the observed values of nucleation rate.