IP Library Granted Patent US 11,984,308
Granted Patent B2
US 11,984,308 · App. 17/608,527 · Granted May 14, 2024

Method for measuring concentration of fluorine gas in halogen fluoride-containing gas using mass spectrometer

Inventor: Atsushi Suzuki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Resonac Corporation
H01J49/0422H01J49/0031H01J49/40
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Patent No.
US 11,984,308
App. No.
17/608,527
Granted
May 14, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for measuring the concentration of fluorine gas (F 2 ) contained in a halogen fluoride-containing gas using an analysis apparatus having a halogen fluoride-containing gas supply source, a fluorine-containing gas supply source, a tube, a capillary, and a mass spectrometer, the method including, before measuring the concentration of fluorine gas, performing passivation treatment on the tube and the capillary using a passivation gas containing a fluorine-containing gas supplied from the fluorine-containing gas supply source.

Claims (24)

1. A method for measuring a concentration of fluorine gas (F2) contained in a halogen fluoride-containing gas by using an analysis apparatus having a halogen fluoride-containing gas supply source, a fluorine-containing gas supply source, a tube, a capillary, and a mass spectrometer,

the method comprising:

before measuring the concentration of fluorine gas, performing passivation treatment on the tube and the capillary by using a passivation gas containing a fluorine-containing gas supplied from the fluorine-containing gas supply source.

2. The method for measuring a concentration of fluorine gas according to claim 1 , wherein

the fluorine-containing gas is at least one kind of gas selected from the group consisting of F 2 , HF, NF 3 , SF 6 , and a halogen fluoride.

3. The method for measuring a concentration of fluorine gas according to claim 1 , wherein

a temperature used to perform the passivation treatment is 70 to 500° C.

4. The method for measuring a concentration of fluorine gas according to claim 1 , wherein

time to perform the passivation treatment is 1 to 5 hours.

5. The method for measuring a concentration of fluorine gas according to claim 1 , wherein

a concentration of the fluorine-containing gas in the passivation gas is 8 to 100 volume %.

6. The method for measuring a concentration of fluorine gas according to claim 5 , wherein

the analysis apparatus further has a diluent gas supply source, and adjusts the concentration of the fluorine-containing gas in the passivation gas by using a diluent gas supplied from the diluent gas supply source.

7. The method for measuring a concentration of fluorine gas according to claim 6 , wherein

the diluent gas is at least one selected from helium, argon, nitrogen gas (N 2 ), carbon dioxide, and carbon tetrafluoride.

8. The method for measuring a concentration of fluorine gas according to claim 1 , wherein

a halogen fluoride contained in the halogen fluoride-containing gas is at least one selected from the group consisting of chlorine fluoride, chlorine trifluoride, bromine fluoride, bromine trifluoride, bromine pentafluoride, iodine fluoride, iodine trifluoride, iodine pentafluoride, and iodine heptafluoride.

9. An apparatus for measuring a concentration of fluorine gas, the apparatus comprising:

a halogen fluoride-containing gas supply source;

a fluorine-containing gas supply source;

a tube;

a capillary; and

a mass spectrometer,

wherein the tube and the capillary have been subjected to passivation treatment with a passivation gas containing a fluorine-containing gas supplied from the fluorine-containing gas supply source.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 9, 2024
From: RESONAC CORPORATION
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066547/0677 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 23, 2023
From: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064082/0513 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2021
From: SUZUKI, ATSUSHI
To: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
Reel/Frame 058297/0738 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-214260 · Nov 27, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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