Gas analysis system for ageing studies of gaseous radiation detectors

A special gas analysis system has been constructed to analyze compounds created in electron avalanches in gaseous radiation detectors during their operation. The analysis method is based on utilisation of cryogenic concentration unit connected to a tandem gas chromatograph and a mass spectrometer. The system has been designed for quantitative analysis of organic compounds potentially involved in ageing processes of detectors. It can be exploited to identify compounds prone to polymerise and to measure variation of compounds as a function of detector construction materials and additives in the gas mixture. As a quantitative instrument it can be used to measure dependence of concentration of compounds on operating parameters of detectors, e.g. gas amplification and irradiation rate and type.