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J Chromatogr A


Title:Peak tailoring concept in gas chromatographic analysis of volatile organic pollutants in the atmosphere
Author(s):Wang CH; Chang CC; Wang JL;
Address:"Department of Chemistry, National Central University, Chungli 320, Taiwan"
Journal Title:J Chromatogr A
Year:2005
Volume:1087
Issue:1-Feb
Page Number:150 - 157
DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2005.03.029
ISSN/ISBN:0021-9673 (Print) 0021-9673 (Linking)
Abstract:"An automated gas chromatographic system aiming at performing unattended analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) was developed in laboratory. To encompass VOCs of a wide range of volatility, two different designs of enrichment and separation methods were adopted and compared with performance in analyzing ozone precursors of C3-C12. In the dual-trap dual-column design, lower boiling species (C3-C6) are enriched and separated by one set of trap and column (porous layer open tubular (PLOT)), whereas the enrichment and separation for the higher boiling species (C6-C12) are performed by the other set (wall-coated open tubular (WCOT)). Undesired peaks also inevitably appear on both chromatograms often causing annoyances. To reduce complexity of both the apparatus and the resulting chromatograms, the heart-cut technique was adopted as a base for developing a system, which only uses one trap and one flame ionization detector for constructing two-dimensional GC with PLOT and DB-1. Methods were developed to allow the auxiliary flow pressure in the heart-cut device to be programmed to create dual effects, which not only can perform regular heart-cut actions but can also temporally hold up species in the precolumn for prescribed time intervals. Because it is characteristic for PLOT chromatograms to have reproducible blank retention time windows, segments of a DB-1 trace are produced by the auxiliary flow program aligning perfectly in time with the gaps of the PLOT trace. Subsequently, the two column flows are merged and channeled into single flame ionization detector to produce a very condensed 'tailored' chromatogram which is equivalent to overlaying a PLOT and a DB-1 chromatogram on top of each other, except that no peaks are overlapped. This innovative 'peak tailoring' concept based on the heart-cut technique is simple in design, easy to build, and extremely rugged for long-term continuous operation as fewer moving parts are involved, which is beneficial for deploying in remote monitoring stations"
Keywords:"Air Pollutants/*analysis Atmosphere Chromatography, Gas/*methods Organic Chemicals/*analysis Volatilization;"
Notes:"MedlineWang, Chieh-Heng Chang, Chih-Chung Wang, Jia-Lin eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Netherlands 2005/09/01 J Chromatogr A. 2005 Sep 16; 1087(1-2):150-7. doi: 10.1016/j.chroma.2005.03.029"

 
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