TOURIST
FIELD ASYMMETRIC
ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY
WHAT IS IT?
Tourist is a lab based test
platform incorporating
Owlstone’s proprietary
FAIMS technology. Owlstone
technology is suitable for
detection applications that
demand high performance,
affordability and small form
factor. The Tourist test platform
enables potential users to quickly
establish the suitability of FAIMS for their detection needs.
WHAT CAN I USE IT FOR?
The Tourist system is a generic test platform, which means users
can enter any number of chemicals or analytes of interest to test
the underlying FAIMS detection capability. Whether testing organic
compounds in industrial applications or chemical warfare agents the
Tourist system provides fast answers to questions such as limits of
BENEFITS detection and performance in mixtures.
• Comprehensive test platform with
compact footprint WHAT dO I gET?
• Tourist analysis unit
• Fast answers. The Tourist system is
easy to set up and run and you’ll be • Laptop with customised control and analysis software
getting detection results as soon as
you switch on • User guide
• Two days setup and support from an experienced analytical chemist
• Using FAIMS to solve your detection
problems, in the field, in shorter time • Free feasibility pre-trial and relevant application notes
frames
• FAIMS tutorials
• Cost-effective tool to accelerate
development and prove suitability • Automatic access to software upgrades with improved
analytical capability
• Can be used to test suitability of
FAIMS for any application area • Access to secure, Tourist user’s tips section, on Owlstone website
of interest • Follow-on support from the Owlstone analytical chemistry team
• Complete flexibility to change and • Additionally, Owlstone can supply vapour generators to precisely
optimise control parameters for accurately generate low concentrations of test vapours
your target application
• Capture and store results on computer
• Use our detection algorithms or try
out your own on captured data sets
• Access to the expert Owlstone
chemistry team who are there to
help understand and address
detection needs
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TOURIST dETECTS CHEmICAlS USINg A
TECHNIQUE CAllEd FIEld ASYmmETIC ION
mOBIlITY SPECTROmETRY
WHAT mAkES A CHEmICAl dIFFERENT?
The basic problem of detection is how to
detect the chemical of interest in a complex
mixture. Owlstone technology identifies
chemicals using a property know as ‘mobility’,
a measure of how quickly an ion moves
through an electric field. The mobility relates
to size and mass, and is used to specifically
distinguish and identify the chemical of interest.
dETECTION WITH OWlSTONE FAImS
The Owlstone sensor acts as a reprogrammable
filter, which separates and identifies chemical
according to their characteristic mobility. The
sensor ‘filters’ out the background chemicals
that do not have the correct mobility ‘fingerprint’.
The power and flexibility of the system is TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
due to the fact that the filter can be easily
reprogrammed through software and electrical Field Asymmetric Ion
signals to detect almost any chemical. Technology Mobility Spectrometry
(FAIMS)
IdENTIFICATION WITH CHEmICAl ‘FINgERPRINT’
Positive and
The Owlstone FAIMS technology rapidly creates Detection Mode
negative Ions
a fingerprint for all the chemicals present in a
mixture, even at extremely low concentrations. Gas cylinder
Sample Input
Software is used to analyse the fingerprint to / Vapour Generator
provide the user accurate information on the
type, and quality of chemicals present, to allow 1/8” Swagelok
Inlet/Outlet
compression fittings
them to make the right decisions with a high
degree of confidence. Industrial Gases
Analyte Range / VOC’s / Warfare
CHEmICAl ‘FINgERPRINT’
Simulants
The following are a series of chemical
fingerprints from internal programs. The Dry
-40ºC Dewpoint
different fingerprints are unique to the Instrument Air
compound and are easily distinguishable
Max Heater
and identifiable from each other. Software 70°C
Temperature
algorithms are used to classify each fingerprint,
resulting in identification with greatly reduced Humidity Range 0% to 95%
occurrences of false positives.
Start-up Time 5 minutes
Sample
< 2 sec
Capture Time
Live graphical spectra
Output
/ text delimited file
Comms USB
Laptop Toshiba M70
Software Labview executable
AC Inputs 120 / 240 VAC
US OFFICE UK OFFICE
Park 80 West, Plaza II St Johns Innovation Ctr, Cowley Rd Dimensions 22 x 14 x 7cm
Saddle Brook NJ 07663 U.S.A. Cambridge CB4 0WS U.K.
TEL +1 201 880 4882 TEL +44 (0)1223 422415 Weight 1.4 kg
FAX +1 201 880 4894 FAX +44 (0)1223 422414
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