ISSN:
1573-5036
Keywords:
membrane tube
;
nitric oxide
;
radon-222
;
sampling technique
;
soil
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
Abstract We present a novel technique for monitoring trace gas concentrations in the air filled pore space of the soil with a high temporal resolution. The method is based on gas diffusing from the air filled pore space into air flowing through an air permeable, hydrophobic, polypropylene tube (Accurel® PP V8/2). Gas permeation efficiencies of the membrane tube were determined for NO, N2O, CO2 and 222Rn in the laboratory. For a length of 1.5 m and flows smaller than 0.8 L min-1, the permeation efficiency was larger than 96%. The effective diffusion coefficients of NO, N2O, CO2 and 222Rn in the membrane are 6.2, 6.6, 5.6 and 6.6 times smaller than the corresponding diffusion coefficients in air, respectively. For tubes shorter than 1.5 m the contribution of pressure gradient induced transport into the membrane tube is below 0.9% of concentration gradient induced transport. Profiles of NO and 222Rn have been measured in the soil of a wheat field. For destructive NO measurements the inlet concentration of the tube was adjusted to the concentrations measured at the outlet whereas for the non-destructive 222Rn measurements the sampled gas was recycled.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1004277519234
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