Analysis of aromatic compounds in gasoline with flow-switching comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography

Autor: James D. McCurry, John V. Seeley, Nicole J. Micyus
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: Journal of Chromatography A. 1086:115-121
ISSN: 0021-9673
DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2005.06.015
Popis: A comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC x GC) instrument has been created by coupling a flow-switching modulator and a standard gas chromatograph. The instrument was used to characterize the aromatic composition of gasoline. The high-resolution separation produced by flow-switching GC x GC allowed gasoline aromatics to be fully resolved from saturated components. The aromatic compounds were further separated into groups having the same carbon number. A standard gasoline sample was analyzed to evaluate the quantitative accuracy and precision of this technique. The data show that flow-switching GC x GC produces results that are comparable to gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and thermal modulation GC x GC. The simple, low-cost, and robust nature of flow-switching GC x GC makes it an ideal technique for the routine analysis of aromatic compounds in gasoline.
Databáze: OpenAIRE