Eurekalert June 18, 2018
The portable gas microchromatograph developed by researchers in Russia weighs a little more than a kilogram and it completely replaces bulky laboratory devices. It can provide accurate data on the composition of the atmosphere, qualitative and quantitative composition of oil and gas, as well as analyse biomarkers in exhaled human air within a few minutes. It can perform an operational analysis of the state of the atmosphere at altitudes of up to 1000 meters and within a radius of 2 km from the source, record and track the level of concentration of substances in the air at different altitudes and remoteness from the source which can be used to predict the direction of the spread of pollution. It can be used primarily by oil and gas, chemical and energy companies, as well as other industrial enterprises and in emergency situations…read more.
Scientists of Samara University have tested ‘flying laboratory’ in field conditions. CREDIT Samara University