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Sharif KM, Kulsing C, Marriott PJ. Pressure Tuning of First Dimension Columns in Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography. Anal Chem 2016; 88:9087-94. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b02017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Khan M. Sharif
- Australian Centre for Research
on Separation Science, School of Chemistry, Monash University, Wellington
Rd., Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Research
on Separation Science, School of Chemistry, Monash University, Wellington
Rd., Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Research
on Separation Science, School of Chemistry, Monash University, Wellington
Rd., Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
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Sharif KM, Kulsing C, Chin ST, Marriott PJ. Relating pressure tuned coupled column ensembles with the solvation parameter model for tunable selectivity in gas chromatography. J Chromatogr A 2016; 1455:156-162. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2016.05.092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2015] [Revised: 05/26/2016] [Accepted: 05/26/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Zenkevich IG, Makarov AA, Ivanova KV. Characteristic variations of gas-chromatographic retention indices for phases of variable composition. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2014. [DOI: 10.1134/s1061934814110148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Veschetti E, Russo MV. GC models for separation optimization in pressure-tunable tandem capillary columns operated isothermally. J Sep Sci 2013; 37:412-8. [DOI: 10.1002/jssc.201301045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2013] [Revised: 11/08/2013] [Accepted: 11/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Enrico Veschetti
- Istituto Superiore di Sanità; Dipartimento Ambiente e connessa Prevenzione Primaria; Rome Italy
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- Università degli Studi del Molise; Dipartimento Agricoltura; Ambiente e Alimenti (DiAAA); Campobasso Italy
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Simultaneous optimization of mobile phase composition, column nature and length to analyse complex samples using serially coupled columns. J Chromatogr A 2013; 1317:39-48. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2013.06.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2013] [Revised: 05/29/2013] [Accepted: 06/14/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Veschetti E, Notardonato I, Avino P, Russo MV. GC models for separation optimization in pressure-tuneable tandem capillary columns operated isothermally. Part 1: Theoretical aspects. J Sep Sci 2013; 36:2260-7. [DOI: 10.1002/jssc.201300233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2013] [Revised: 04/03/2013] [Accepted: 04/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Enrico Veschetti
- Istituto Superiore di Sanità; Dipartimento Ambiente e Connessa Prevenzione Primaria; Rome Italy
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- Università degli Studi del Molise; Dipartimento Agricoltura; Ambiente e Alimenti (DiAAA); Campobasso Italy
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- Università degli Studi del Molise; Dipartimento Agricoltura; Ambiente e Alimenti (DiAAA); Campobasso Italy
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Applications of planar microfluidic devices and gas chromatography for complex problem solving. J Sep Sci 2012; 36:182-91. [DOI: 10.1002/jssc.201200789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2012] [Revised: 09/19/2012] [Accepted: 09/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Qiu W, Diao P, Yuan H, Xiao D, Choi MMF. Dual Fiber-In-capillary Annular Column with Ternary Stationary Phase for Gas Chromatographic Separation. ANAL LETT 2011. [DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2011.553013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Májek P, Hevesi T, Krupcik J, Chrétien JR, Armstrong DW. Chemometric studies of retention in capillary gas chromatographic separation of hydrocarbons in coupled columns. J Chromatogr A 2005; 1068:307-14. [PMID: 15830937 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2005.01.091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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This paper describes how different multivariate analysis and classification methods can be used, to characterize the gas chromatographic separation of complex hydrocarbon mixtures in three columns coupled in series. Principal component analysis (PCA), correspondence factor analysis (CFA), and hierarchical ascending classification (HAC) were used as potential tools for evaluating the experiments on single columns and on column series. It has been demonstrated that: (1) multivariate analysis with PCA and CFA offers a powerful strategy to search for the main factors influencing the separation of hydrocarbons without a priori knowledge of the key factors of the separation. (2) With CFA the contribution of retention due to vapour pressure can be minimized. The use of retention indices, which use the n-alkanes as reference compounds, also helps to decrease the dominant focus on vapour pressure in favor of the more selectivity-based interaction forces. (3) CFA helps to analyze the degree of relevance of the chosen experimental design to the most important factors, controlling chromatographic selectivity.
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- P Májek
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 9, SK-81237 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Lambertus G, Elstro A, Sensenig K, Potkay J, Agah M, Scheuering S, Wise K, Dorman F, Sacks R. Design, Fabrication, and Evaluation of Microfabricated Columns for Gas Chromatography. Anal Chem 2004; 76:2629-37. [PMID: 15117208 DOI: 10.1021/ac030367x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The design, fabrication, and performance of gas chromatography columns etched in silicon substrates are described. Deep reactive-ion etching formed the 3-m-long, 150-microm-wide, 240-microm-deep rectangular cross section channels. A glass cover plate was anodically bonded to the remaining surface of the substrate forming the gastight channel. For some of the columns, the silicon channels were oxidized before the channels were sealed with the glass plates. Fused-silica capillary connecting tubes were sealed into ports on the edge of the 3.2-cm x 3.2-cm substrate chips. Dynamic coating was used to deposit a film of nonpolar dimethyl polysiloxane or moderately polar trifluoropropylmethyl polysiloxane stationary phase. The columns were evaluated in a conventional benchtop GC instrument with split injection and flame ionization detection. Column efficiency was evaluated by the use of plots of height equivalent to a theoretical plate versus average carrier gas velocity using both hydrogen and air as carrier gases. The number of theoretical plates measured at the average carrier gas velocity giving the minimum plate height ranged from 4600 to 8200 plates for the dimethyl polysiloxane columns and from 3500 to 5500 plates for the trifluoropropylmethyl polysiloxane columns. Minimum plate height was significantly smaller with air as carrier gas. For the nonpolar phase, the nonoxidized surface gave approximately 1500 plates more than the oxidized surface for both carrier gases. For the polar phase, the oxidized surface gave approximately 200 plates more than the nonoxidized surface. Isothermal chromatograms of a 20-component multifunctional mixture and temperature-programmed chromatograms of a normal alkane mixture are presented.
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- Gordon Lambertus
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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Veriotti T, Sacks R. Characterization and Quantitative Analysis with GC/TOFMS Comparing Enhanced Separation with Tandem-Column Stop-Flow GC and Spectral Deconvolution of Overlapping Peaks. Anal Chem 2003; 75:4211-6. [PMID: 14632137 DOI: 10.1021/ac020522s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Time-of-flight mass spectrometry is unique in that ion abundance ratios are constant over the chromatographic peak profile provided that the peak contains only one component. This provides the means for the automated finding and spectral deconvolution of overlapping chromatographic peaks from completely unknown mixtures if the mass spectra for the overlapping components are sufficiently unique. This can greatly reduce the chromatographic resolution requirements, which allows for very rapid quantitative analysis as well as for high-speed mixture characterization. High-speed GC with stop-flow operation of a series-coupled column ensemble can be used to completely separate some component pairs that coelute from the column ensemble, thus eliminating the need for spectral deconvolution of those mixture components. This provides two options for high-speed qualitative and quantitative analysis, using either the mass spectra from deconvoluted overlapping peaks or the mass spectra from the completely separated peaks obtained with stop-flow operation of the tandem column ensemble. These options are compared with respect to the similarity for spectral matching with a library and to peak area linearity with concentration, calibration plot correlation coefficients, and shot-to-shot reproducibility.
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- Tincuta Veriotti
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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Lu CJ, Whiting J, Sacks RD, Zellers ET. Portable gas chromatograph with tunable retention and sensor array detection for determination of complex vapor mixtures. Anal Chem 2003; 75:1400-9. [PMID: 12659202 DOI: 10.1021/ac026092n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A prototype portable gas chromatograph that combines a multiadsorbent preconcentrator/focuser, a tandem-column separation stage with individual column temperature control and junction point pressure modulation, and a detector consisting of an integrated array of polymer-coated surface acoustic wave microsensors is described. Using scheduled first-column stop-flow intervals and independent temperature programming of the two columns, it is possible to adjust the retention of eluting analyte vapors to maximize vapor recognition with the microsensor array and minimize the time of analysis. A retention window approach is combined with Monte Carlo simulations to guide retention tuning requirements and facilitate pattern recognition analyses. The determination of a 30-vapor mixture of common indoor air contaminants in < 10 min is demonstrated using ambient air as the carrier gas. Detection limits of < 10 ppb are achieved for the majority of compounds from a 1-L air sample on the basis of the most sensitive sensor in the array. Performance is assessed in the context of near-real-time indoor air quality monitoring applications.
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- Chia-Jung Lu
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Center for Wireless Integrated MicroSystems, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2029, USA
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Gray M, Dennis GR, Wormell P, Shalliker RA, Slonecker P. Two dimensional reversed-phase-reversed-phase separations isomeric separations incorporating C18 and carbon clad zirconia stationary phases. J Chromatogr A 2002; 975:285-97. [PMID: 12456083 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(02)01221-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Informational theory and a geometric approach to factor analysis were employed to evaluate the degree of orthogonality of a two-dimensional reversed-phase-reversed-phase chromatographic system. The system incorporated a C18 column as one dimension and a carbon clad zirconia column as the second dimension. In order to study the resolving power of this system, the separation of a sample matrix containing an artificial mix of 32 isomers (structural and diastereoisomers) was evaluated. Using this system, between 25 and 28 of the 32 isomers could be separated, depending on the mobile phase combinations--with resolution that could not possibly be achieved in a single one dimensional separation. The results from this study indicate that in order to fully evaluate the resolving power of a 2D system multiple methods of analysis are most appropriate. This becomes increasingly important when the sample contains components that are very closely related and the retention of solutes is clustered in one quadrant of the 2D space. Ultimately, the usefulness of the 2D separation is determined by the goals of analyst.
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- Michael Gray
- Center for Biostructural and Biomolecular Research, University of Western Sydney, Sydney 1797, New South Wales, Australia
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Veriotti T, Sacks R. High-speed GC and GC/MS with a series-coupled column ensemble using stop-flow operation. Anal Chem 2001; 73:3045-50. [PMID: 11467552 DOI: 10.1021/ac001539i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A pneumatically actuated valve is used to connect the junction point of a series-coupled column ensemble to a ballast chamber containing carrier gas at the ensemble inlet pressure in order to periodically stop the carrier gas flow in the first column. When the valve is opened, mixture components, which have migrated across the column junction, are accelerated toward a time-of-flight mass spectrometer that is used as an ensemble detector. Mixture components, which are still in the first column, are frozen in position. This allows for the insertion of time windows into the ensemble chromatogram that can aid in the separation of some overlapping component peaks. The capillary column ensemble (0.18-mm i.d. x 0.18-microm film thickness) consists of a 7.0-m length of polar, (trifluoropropyl)methyl polysiloxane column followed by a 7.0-m length of nonpolar dimethyl polysiloxane column. A flame ionization detector located at the column junction point is used to monitor a portion of the effluent from the first column in order to determine the valve timing sequence needed to enhance the separation of component pairs that are separated by the first column but coelute from the column ensemble. When one of the components of a targeted pair has crossed the junction but the other component is still in the first column, the valve is opened, typically for 1-5 s. The stop-flow system is used to enhance the separation of a mixture containing some common essential oil components and a mixture containing some common pesticides.
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- T Veriotti
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109, USA
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Veriotti T, Sacks R. A tandem column ensemble with an atmospheric pressure junction-point vent for high-speed GC with selective control of peak-pair separation. Anal Chem 2001; 73:813-9. [PMID: 11248898 DOI: 10.1021/ac001028w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A series-coupled (tandem) ensemble of two capillary GC columns using different stationary phases and a pneumatically actuated low-volume valve connecting the column junction point to an atmospheric-pressure vent line is used to adjust the ensemble separation of selected pairs of target compounds. The valve is normally closed, and the pressure at the column junction point assumes the value that would occur in the absence of any other connections. The valve can be opened for brief periods of time, thus producing pulses of atmospheric pressure at the column junction point. If a component pair is separated by the first column but coelutes from the column ensemble, the ensemble separation can be increased if a pulse occurs when one of the components has migrated across the column junction but the second component is still on the first column. All of the mixture components that are on the same column during the time that the valve is open (pulse duration) will be shifted to either larger or smaller retention times, but the pattern of peaks (elution order) for these components from the column ensemble will be relatively unaffected by the pressure pulse. Multiple pulses can be used to enhance the separation of different component pairs, which sequentially reach the column junction point. Performance of the valve-operated system is described. Time-of-flight mass spectrometry with time-array detection is used to examine the effects of pulse duration on the separation achieved for different component pairs.
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- T Veriotti
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109, USA
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Veriotti T, McGuigan M, Sacks R. Pulsed flow modulation for high-speed GC using a pressure-tunable column ensemble. Anal Chem 2001; 73:279-85. [PMID: 11199978 DOI: 10.1021/ac000665j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A computer-driven pressure controller is used to deliver pressure pulses to the junction point of two series-coupled columns using different stationary-phase chemistries. The column ensemble consists of a trifluoropropylmethyl polysiloxane column followed by a dimethyl polysiloxane column. Each pressure pulse causes a differential change in the carrier gas velocities in the two columns, which lasts for the duration of the pulse. A pressure pulse is used to selectively increase the separation of a component pair that is separated by the first column but coelutes from the series-coupled ensemble. If both components are on the same column when the pulse is applied, a small change in the ensemble separation occurs. If one component of the pair is on the first column and the other component is on the second column, a pressure pulse can result in a much larger change in the ensemble separation for the component pair. A model with a spreadsheet algorithm is used to predict the effects of a pressure pulse on the trajectories of component bands on the column ensemble. The effect of the initiation time of a pressure pulse is investigated for a two-component mixture that coelutes from the column ensemble. For the case where the entire pressure pulse occurs when one of the components is on the first column and the other component is on the second column, the peak separation from the ensemble increases nearly linearly with the product of the pressure pulse amplitude and the pulse duration. Peak shape artifacts are observed if the pressure pulse occurs when a solute band is migrating across the column junction point.
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- T Veriotti
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109, USA
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A computer-driven pressure controller connected to the junction point of a series-coupled ensemble of two capillary GC columns having different stationary-phase selectivity is used to obtain on-the-fly (programmable) changes in ensemble selectivity. Changes in the junction-point pressure result in differential changes in the local carrier gas velocity in the two columns, and this results in changes in the pattern of peaks eluting from the ensemble. When used with relatively fast temperature programming (30 degrees C/min), the pattern of eluting peaks can be very sensitive to the time at which a selectivity (junction-point pressure) change is implemented. These elution pattern changes are described for a set of six PCB congeners that elute with a small range of retention times. The components are considered as a group, and changes in their elution pattern are described for a single junction-point pressure change, which is implemented at various times after sample injection. If the pressure change is implemented after the components have migrated across the junction point, the final pressure has relatively little impact on the ensemble retention pattern. Pressure changes implemented prior to the components reaching the junction can have a large effect and usually result in a pattern of peaks similar to the pattern obtained when the final pressure is used for the entire separation. For pressure changes made when the group of components is near the junction point, the observed peak pattern may be very sensitive to the time of the pressure change. The time at which the junction-point pressure change occurs is varied in 1.0-s intervals. Artifacts such as peak doubling and peak focusing or broadening are observed if a migrating band is crossing the column junction point at the time of the programmed pressure change.
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Hihg-speed GC/MS of gasoline-range hydrocarbon compounds using a pressure-tunable column ensemble and time-of-flight detection. Anal Chem 2000; 72:3063-9. [PMID: 10939368 DOI: 10.1021/ac000081h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A pressure-tunable series-coupled ensemble of two capillary GC columns is combined with a time-of-flight MS detector for the high-speed characterization of mixtures containing hydrocarbon compounds. The column ensemble consists of a nonpolar 5% phenyl poly(dimethylsiloxane) column and a very polar poly(ethylene glycol) column. The TOFMS instrument uses time-array detection to obtain up to 500 complete electron mass spectra per second. Instrument software allows for automated peak finding and the spectral deconvolution of severely overlapping unknown chromatographic peaks, if their fragmentation patterns are significantly different and if at least two spectra can be recorded between the peak apexes. By adjusting the carrier-gas pressure at the column-junction point, the separations between adjacent peak pairs can be adjusted to enhance the capabilities of the TOFMS detector. The sensitivity of peak-pair separation to changes in junction-point pressure is studied for combinations of alkanes, olefins, and aromatic compounds. When complete separation is required, the use of pressure-tunable column ensembles cannot always provide sufficient control of peak-pair separation for structurally similar compounds. However, complete chromatographic separation typically is not required with the TOFMS detection, and a pressure-tunable column ensemble is very useful for the high-speed characterization of hydrocarbon mixtures.
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A pressure-tunable ensemble of two series-coupled capillary columns operated at subambient outlet pressure is described. The ensemble consists of a 4.5-m length of nonpolar dimethyl polysiloxane column followed by a 7.5-m length of polar trifluoropropylmethyl polysiloxane column. Air at an inlet pressure of 1.0 atm is used as carrier gas, and a vacuum pump is used to pull the carrier gas and injected samples through the column ensemble. Detection is provided by a photoionization detector operated at a pressure of 0.3 psia. Ensemble selectivity is controlled by means of an electronic pressure controller located at the junction point between the columns. The minimum pressure step size is 0.1 psi, and 50 different set-point pressures can be used, each one producing a different pattern of peaks eluting from the column ensemble. Measured ensemble retention factors for a set of target compounds produce straight lines when plotted versus the ratio of the calculated holdup time of the first column in the ensemble to the total ensemble holdup time. A component band trajectory model is used to describe the effects of ensemble junction-point pressure on the elution patterns generated by the ensemble. Ensemble retention times predicted by the model are in good agreement with values obtained from chromatograms. The use of on-the-fly set-point pressure changes during a separation (selectivity programming) is demonstrated and used to improve the quality of the separation of a 19-component test mixture.
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- A J Grall
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109, USA
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Marriott PJ, Kinghorn RM. New operational modes for multidimensional and comprehensive gas chromatography by using cryogenic modulation. J Chromatogr A 2000; 866:203-12. [PMID: 10670810 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(99)01061-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Historically, hardware and method-related concerns have limited the use of multidimensional gas chromatography in the routine laboratory. This paper presents a new approach that offers the potential to significantly alter the manner in which multidimensional gas chromatography is conducted, based on the use of a modulated cryogenic trap which can be moved longitudinally along the column. Two columns are directly coupled, and no switching valves are used. It is demonstrated that a heartcut section can be cryofocused and zone-compressed, and then rapidly remobilized at the prevailing column oven temperature without any supplementary heating. A short second dimension column is used, giving fast second dimension analysis. This allows a large number of heartcuts to be programmed for any one analysis. The 'ultimate' manifestation of multidimensional gas chromatography is the comprehensive GC technique (GC X GC). This is now simply effected by performing very rapid heartcuts at intervals on the order of 1/5th of the peak width of primary dimension peaks, and requires that the second dimension be able to complete the analysis of each collected zone on a similar timeframe. This paper uses a semi-volatile aromatic mixture to demonstrate these selected operational modes, that can be achieved with the longitudinal modulation method. The flexibility that arises from this approach is shown by the ability to swap between selected whole-peak enhancement and comprehensive modes during the one analytical run. The increased sensitivity that follows from peak compression is a further advantage, which would be beneficial for trace analysis.
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- P J Marriott
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia.
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Application of a flow-tunable, serially coupled gas chromatographic capillary column system for the analysis of complex mixtures. Chromatographia 2000. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02492792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Bertsch W. Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography. Concepts, Instrumentation, and Applications - Part 1: Fundamentals, Conventional Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography, Selected Applications. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1999. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-4168(19991201)22:12<647::aid-jhrc647>3.0.co;2-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Bertsch W. Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography. Concepts, Instrumentation, and Applications - Part 1: Fundamentals, Conventional Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography, Selected Applications. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1999. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-4168(19991201)22:12%3c647::aid-jhrc647%3e3.0.co;2-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Affiliation(s)
- Carrie Leonard
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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Leonard C, Sacks. Tunable-Column Selectivity and Time-of-Flight Detection for High-Speed GC/MS. Anal Chem 1999. [DOI: 10.1021/ac990631f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Carrie Leonard
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Heather Smith
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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Computerized optimization of selectivity for direct capillary gas chromatographic multicomponent separations of enantiomers. J Chromatogr A 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(97)00409-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Bakeas EB, Siskos PA. Effects of Temperature Programming and Pressure on Separation Number and Height Equivalent to a Theoretical Plate in Optimization of a Serially Coupled, Open-Tubular Columns Gas Chromatographic System. Anal Chem 1996. [DOI: 10.1021/ac960572v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Evangelos B. Bakeas
- Analytical Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Athens, PanepistimiopolisKouponia, 15771 Athens, Greece
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- Analytical Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Athens, PanepistimiopolisKouponia, 15771 Athens, Greece
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Ma FQ, Lu DS, Guo ZY. On-line monitoring of the catalytic conversion of methyl formate to methanol and carbon monoxide by gas chromatography. J Chromatogr A 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/0021-9673(96)00112-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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