Compounds |
Limit of Detection (ppmv/v) |
FID |
TCD |
FPD |
Methane |
3.0 |
250 |
ns |
Ethene |
0.5 |
n.a. |
ns |
Ethane |
0.5 |
n.a. |
ns |
Propene |
0.5 |
n.a. |
ns |
Propane |
0.5 |
n.a. |
ns |
Butene |
0.5 |
n.a. |
ns |
Buthane |
0.5 |
n.a. |
ns |
Pentane |
0.5 |
n.a. |
ns |
Carbon dioxide |
3.0 |
290 |
ns |
Carbon monoxide |
1.0 |
670 |
ns |
Hydrogen |
ns |
3000 |
ns |
Oxygene |
ns |
800 |
ns |
Nitrogen |
ns |
700 |
ns |
Sulfur dioxide |
ns |
n.a. |
0.001 |
|
ns - nonspecific detector
n.a. - not applicable for this methodology |
Table 3: Limits of detection of gases. |