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    Bikas Saha

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    Flame Ionisation Detector


     It is used for Hydro Carbon concentration in the
    sample gas
     The presence of hydrocarbons is detectable by
    burning the sampled gas in an air-hydrogen flame.
     Burning just pure hydrogen with air produces only
    trace amounts of ionisation so the hydeogen gas is
    used as fuel and carrier gas also.
     The presence of hydrocarbons in the sampled gas,
    when burnt with an air-hydrogen mix causes high
    levels of ionisation. The ionisation occurs a result
    of the carbon atoms present in the sampled gas.
    The level of ionisation is proportional to the
    number of carbon atoms within the sample.
     The diagram above shows the set up for a FID
    experiment, sampled gas and hydrogen (H2, N2,
    CnHm) flow into a mixing chamber where they are
    burnt in a fixed proportion of air.
     The flow rates of the sampled gas and hydrogen
    are controlled by capillary tubes. The gases are
    ignited such that the flame burns at the exit of
    the burner tube or FID jet.
     An electrostatic field is set up around the burner
    using a polarizer (100 VDC).
     Ions then flow to the collector and electrons flow
    to the burner jet. The flow of electrons and ions
    causes DC current to be produced between the
    burner jet and the collector, proportional to the
    ionisation.
     Higly sensitive and suitable for mesurement from
    100 ppb to several percentage.
     FID needs external gas as fuel.
     FID can not used for the inorganic compositions
    like Carbon Monoxide , Nitrogen etc..
     FID also can not be used if the sample being
    mesasured contains large quantity of non
    flammable gases.

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