Pulsed Flame Photometric Detector

The OI PFPD is easy to set up and use and very stable. It is the most user-friendly sulphur selective detector.

Here is what makes this detector important:

• Superior sensitivity and increased selectivity for S and P compared to conventional FPDs  
• Linear, equimolar response for quick, easy calibrations  
• Simultaneous mutually selective chromatograms for S/P, S/C, or S/N  
• Inherent self-cleaning design completely eliminates soot formation, or “coking”, seen in other sulphur-selective detectors  
• Long-term stability and minimal maintenance  
• Selective detection of 28 specific elements

 OI Analytical’s patented* Model 5380 Pulsed Flame Photometric Detector (PFPD) represents the latest advance in flame photometric detector design, optimizing selective detection of sulphur, phosphorus, and 26 other compounds.  

From traditional FPD methods to additional, harder to perform applications, the PFPD can be configured for a wide variety of methods with improved results. The PFPD provides a 10–100x increase in signal-to-noise and a 10x increase in selectivity over traditional FPDs while requiring minimal maintenance and decreased gas requirements.

The 5380 PFPD consists of a 5380 Detector assembly, 5380 Detector Controller, pneumatic components located either in the Detector Controller or in the gas chromatograph (GC), and WinPulse user interface software.

* Dr. Aviv Amirav, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Tel Aviv, Israel, developed and patented the PFPD under U.S. Patent number 5,153,673, and licensed it to O.I. Corporation.