I need to measure the H2S gas from my batch reactors; eventually, the available device for checking is a UV-vis spectrophotometer. Is it possible to measure the gas with it?
Measuring hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) gas using a UV-Vis spectrophotometer involves a specific method because H₂S itself is not directly measurable by UV-Vis spectroscopy due to its low absorption in the UV-Vis range. Instead, you typically use a chemical reaction that converts H₂S into a compound that can be detected by UV-Vis spectroscopy. One common method is the iodometric method, which involves reacting H₂S with iodine to form a colored complex that can be quantified.