Portable compound trace detection device

Abstract

A detection device has a collector having an inlet to allow collection of a sample, an electrolysis chamber having at least two electrodes, the electrolysis chamber connected to the inlet to receive the sample, a spectrometry chamber connected to the electrolysis chamber by one or more channels, one or more emitters in the spectrometry chamber, one or more receivers in the spectrometry chamber, each receiver corresponding to an emitter of the one or more emitters, a controller to receive at least one signal from the one or more receivers and to provide a measurement, a display in communication with the controller to display the measurement, and a power supply electrically connected to at least the electrodes, the emitters, the receivers, the controller and the display. A method of detection of a compound in a sample includes drawing a sample into an electrolysis chamber, performing electrolysis on the sample, transferring the sample to a spectrometry chamber, illuminating the sample with light of a predetermined wavelength using an emitter, detecting light at a receiver corresponding to the emitter after the light passes through the sample, determining a concentration of a compound corresponding to the predetermined wavelength, and displaying the concentration of the one or more compounds on a display.

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