Advanced Industrial Chemistry supplies unique gas chromatographic detectors based on the dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) which provides a reliable and robust plasma source for gas chromatography detectors. The DBD uses high voltage alternating current to generate a plasma which is non-thermal (no electric wear), operates at elevated pressures and can be operated with pure gasses instead if helium blends. As a result of these features, the DBD plasma is an ideal ionization source for Gas Chromatography.

Using the DBD plasma we build a helium ionization detector (HID), an argon ionization detector (AID) and a non-radioactive electron capture detector (ECD). We also build a photo ionization detector unique to the industry.

• Principally used to measure fixed gases such as hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon monoxide
  and carbon dioxide.
• Excellent for measuring hydrogen and other fixed gasses at the same time.
• End user must have chromatography that isolates the constituents of interest from the rest of the
  matrix in order to get good quantization. Capable of measuring sub-p.p.m levels of constituents
  with relative ease.
• No need to re-plumb you lab or your GC to get reliable low-level fixed gas analysis.

• Principally used to measure inorganics with IP's between 10.2 and 11.5 such as ammonia, phosphine,
  arsine and COS.
• No window means excellent sensitivity.
• Excellent for measuring trace amounts of organics such as BTEX.
• Uses pure argon at a very low flow, not a blend.

• Principally used to measure polyhalogenated hydrocarbons.
• Picogram detection limits for many compounds.
• Uses a small flow of hydrogen or nitrogen dopant to generate standing current.
• Uses existing ECD electrometers.

• Principally used to measure organic compounds and is traditionally the detector of choice for BTEX analysis.
• Uses sealed lamps with various energies to ionize the constituents of interest.
• Unique AIC design reduces lamp wear and improves lamp lifetime.