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OZONE CALIBRATION AND AUDIT BY GAS PHASE TITRATION IN EXCESS OZONE. BENDIX (TRADE NAME) TRANSPORTABLE FIELD CALIBRATION SYSTEM, MODELS 8861D AND 8861DA
Citation:
Lumpkin, T. AND B. Martin. OZONE CALIBRATION AND AUDIT BY GAS PHASE TITRATION IN EXCESS OZONE. BENDIX (TRADE NAME) TRANSPORTABLE FIELD CALIBRATION SYSTEM, MODELS 8861D AND 8861DA. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/4-79/015 (NTIS PB293341).
Description:
Detailed procedures for the dynamic calibration and audit of chemiluminescence ozone analyzers are presented. The calibrations and audits are performed by means of a gas phase titration technique using the rapid gas phase reaction between nitric oxide and ozone with excess ozone present. The purpose of this report is to aid calibration personnel in performing calibrations and audits in exactly the same manner with identical calibration systems. One of the advantages of the procedures is that chemiluminescence ozone analyzers can be calibrated or audited in the field without the bulky equipment required for the neutral buffered potassium iodide calibration procedure. A second advantage is that more precise results can be obtained.