A multicomponent, multipoint infrared ambient air monitor.

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.