title: A multicomponent, multipoint infrared ambient air monitor.
abstract: With the tremendous advances in electronics today, it is now possible to take existing analytical instruments and give then a "brain" so that many analytical procedures which were impossible or costly a few years ago can now be done with relative ease, at a fraction of the costs. This paper deals with a microcomputer-controlled air monitor which allows us to identify many different components at a multitude of different locations. System operation is explained as well as data accuracy as they relate to application in a plastics research pilot plant.
mesh_terms: D000388:Air / Q000032:analysis*; D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000032:analysis; D003201:Computers; D004581:Electronics / Q000295:instrumentation; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational