Device and method for detecting trace amounts of organic components

摘要

The present invention provides an apparatus for detecting an organic trace component, and the detection apparatus is employed for detecting an organic halogenated substance contained in a gas. The detection apparatus includes a capillary column (54) (sample introduction means) for continuously introducing a collected sample (51) in the form of a leakage molecular beam (53) into a vacuum chamber (52); laser irradiation means (66) for irradiating the leakage molecular beam (53) with a laser beam (55) to thereby perform ionization; a convergence section (56) for converging molecules ionized through laser irradiation, the section including a plurality of ion electrodes; an ion trap (57) for selectively trapping the thus-converged molecules; and a time-of-flight mass spectrometer (60) including an ion detector (59) for detecting ions which are emitted at predetermined intervals and reflected by a reflectron (58).