Shaun,
I don't know anything about using Drager tubes,
but I seem to recall a study a while back
(approx. 2000, maybe?) that ran into the same
problem that you have. They solved the problem
by putting some silver phosphate into a cold
finger on a vacuum extraction line, and then
froze the gas sample into the cold finger and let
the sample react for a few minutes at room T,
presumably to form silver sulfide and phosphoric
acid. I recall reviewing the paper, and making
sure that the authors included some additional
details about this technique to clean up their
gas samples (it wasn't a methods paper)
Unfortunately, I can't remember the authors, nor
do I have a copy of the paper that I can find -
maybe another Isogeochemer (who's younger and
whose memory isn't shot like mine apparently is)
might recall this paper?
Cheers,
Simon
>Dear all,
>
>We are trying to separate H2S from CO2 gas
>samples in a vacuum line, prior to isotopic
>analysis of carbonates which are variably mixed
>with different proportions of different sulfide
>minerals, particularly As-rich pyrite (which
>seems to dissolve very readily in phosphoric
>acid).
>
>I read with interest some of the discussion from
>a few years ago on the Isogeochem list on this
>topic, particularly with regard to the potential
>use of Dräger tubes to remove H2S from CO2
>samples.
>
>Does anyone have practical experience with
>fitting and using Dräger tubes in a vacuum line
>for this purpose?
>
>If so, could you tell me:
>
>(a) what model of tube you used (Drager
>manufactures about 8 different tubes for H2S
>detection)
>
>(b) What the OD of the tubes are, in order that
>we can try to rig something to fit the tubes to
>our existing 1/4" and 1/2" Ultratorr fittings.
>
>(c) What your "procedure" was to allow the tubes
>to remove the H2S gas, i.e. did you trap water
>before or after the Dräger tube, how long did
>you allow the gas to interact with the Dräger
>tube prior to capture of the CO2 for subsequent
>analysis etc.
>
>Are there any other practical methods or
>techniques that people have used? Ideally, we
>are looking for a method that can readily be
>used for hundreds of samples.
>
>Cheers,
>Shaun
>
>
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>Shaun Barker
>Post-doctoral Fellow
>Mineral Deposit Research Unit
>Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences
>University of British Columbia
>Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4
>
>Tel: (+1) 604 822-1874
>fax: (+1) 604 822-6088
>
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