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Note# Author Title/Description
65 Matt Stevens Low Level Ethylene in Air
64 Matt Stevens and Hal Bellows Permanent Gas Contaminants in Beverage Grade Carbon Dioxide
63 Norm Kirshen and Lin Li Trace Carbonyl Sulfide and Phosphine in Ethylene or Propylene
62 Norm Kirshen and Lin Li Trace Sulfur and Hydrocarbon Contaminants in Beverage Grade Carbon Dioxide
61 David Case and Matt Stevens ASTM D4815 - The Determination of Oxygenated Compounds in Gasoline
60 Kirshen The Determination of Sulfur Gases in Natural Gas with PFPD
59 Pachlhofer and Stevens Single GC Gas Analysis Using Dual TCD and FID: Refinery Gas System C for Comprehensive Gas Analysis
58 Kirshen The Determination of Vehicle Emissions in Exhaust Gases and Ozone Precursors in Ambient Air with a Built-in Preconcentrator/GC System
57 Kirshen The Determination of Trace Volatile Organic Compounds in Air with an Integrated Preconcentrator/GC System
56 Coe Sulfur Compounds in Light Petroleum Liquids by Gas Chromatography and PFPD
55 Coe High Temperature Simulated Distillation of Heavy Vacuum Residues and Crudes
54 Coe Rapid Determination of Light Hydrocarbons in Crude Oil
53
SPME 6
Penton Characterization of Flavor Components in Wines with SPME, GC and GC/MS
Key Words: SPME, 8200 AutoSampler, Wine, Foods & Flavors, GC/MS
52
SPME 5
Penton Analysis of Therminol in Water using Solid Phase Microextraction
Key Words: SPME, Therminol, Biphenyl, Diphenyl Oxide, Water
51
SPME 4
Penton Flavor Analysis of a Fruit Beverage with Automated Solid Phase Microextraction
Key Words: SPME, 8200 AutoSampler, Foods and Flavors
50
SPME 3
Penton Determination of a Wide Range of Organic Impurities in Water with Automated Solid Phase Microextraction
Key Words: SPME, 8200 AutoSampler, Volatiles, Semivolatiles
49
SPME 2
Penton

Determination of Residual Solvents in Pharmaceuticals with Automated Solid Phase Microextraction
Key Words: SPME, 8200 AutoSampler, Beverages, Food

Description: This note describes the use of solid phase microextraction (SPME) for determining organic volatile impurities in pharmaceutical compounds. In addition to the solvents listed in the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) National Formulary, several additional solvents were considered to conform to compounds actually used in pharmaceutical companies. These were ethanol, acetone, isopropanol and toluene. The results, which included a recovery study on two pharmaceutical compounds, indicated that SPME easily met the precision and sensitivity requirements of the USP and is a good alternative to liquid injection or static headspace. An automated SPME system is considerably less expensive and far more compact than a dedicated static headspace system, and the problems of injecting aqueous samples into a GC are avoided.

48 Penton M. van Ryckeghem

Evaluation of a SPI Dual-Column System for the Determination of Selected PCB Congeners in Mineral Waste Oil
Key Words: SPI, PCBs, ECD, Dual Columns

Description: As technical products, PCBs are a mixture of more than 100 single components. Theoretically, 209 isomers are possible. In this application note, a method for the determination of PCBs in mineral waste oil is described. Seven PCB congeners (28, 52, 101, 118, 138, 153, 180) which are used as indicator components for legal tolerance levels of PCB concentrations in mineral oils, are determined with a dual-column SPI system and dual electron capture detection. The method was applied to a mineral waste oil sample that was fortified with ppm levels of a technical PCB mixture.

47
SPME 1
Penton

Profiling Flavors in Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Beverages with Automated SPME
Key Words: Solid Phase Microextraction, SPME, 8200 AutoSampler, Beverages Food

Description: Flavors in foods and beverages are monitored by static headspace GC and occassionally by thermal desorption or purge and trap. The result is a "fingerprint" chromatogram that can be examined to determine if the particular sample meets the standards set by the manufacturer, or if components are present that might adversely affect the taste of the product. Solid Phase Microextraction (SPME), a new technique for introducing analytes into a GC, is used in this application. The note illustrates that SPME is suitable for "fingerprinting" foods and flavors, and offers several advantages over competing techniques.

46 Penton

Determination of Volatile Organic Solvents in Water by Headspace Sampling with the 8200CX AutoSampler
Key Words: Ambient Headspace, 8200 AutoSampler, Residual Organic Volatiles

Description: The Varian 8200 CX AutoSampler can be easily modified to function as a headspace sampler for determining organic volatiles in an aqueous matrix. Data is presented comparing precision and sensitivity of this technique to results obtained with a heated headspace system and direct aqueous injection. The test sample and choice of column was based on Methods IV and V of the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) for determination of organic volatiles in pharmaceuticals.

45 C. & J. Jennison

Analysis of BTX in Soil with Automated Headspace and PID/FID
Key Words: BTX, PID, FID, Genesis

Description: Analysis of BTXs and gasoline in soil with the Genesis Headspace sampler. Linearity data is given for xylenes (100 ppb - 100 ppm).

44 Penton

GC Determination of Halogenated Pesticides with Dual Columns and Dual ECDs According to Contract Laboratory Procedure (CLP) Requirements
Key Words: CLP Requirements, Pesticides, Retention Time Precision, SPI

Description: In March 1990, the EPA issued the 3/90 State of Work defining a procedure for GC determination of pesticides and arochlors (1). Contract laboratories bidding for this work not only are required to follow the analytical procedure detailed in the document but must also demonstrate that their results meet stringent standards of retention time stability, resolution and detector linearity. This publication describes analytical conditions and presents data, showing that the CLP requirements were met using a Varian Star GC system.

43 Penton

Automatic Injection of Difficult Samples: Fine-tuning the Conditions for Volatile Samples
Key Words: 8200, AutoSampler, SPI, Volatile, Pentane, CS2

Description: Describes the optimization of parameters for injecting volatile samples with the 8200 utilizing a sample consisting of 1:500 (v/v) of a nonpolar test mix in n-pentane and in CS2. To inject a volatile sample, the user need only to select the "volatile" mode. There is also a "user-defined" mode that allows the analyst to make additional changes if desired.

42 Penton

Automatic Injection of Difficult Samples: Fine-tuning the Conditions for Viscous Samples
Key Words: 8200, AutoSampler, SPI, Viscous, Ethylene Glycol

Description: This note describes the optimization of parameters for injecting viscous samples with the 8200. To inject a viscous sample, the user need only to select the "viscous" mode. There is also a "user-defined" mode that allows the analyst to make additional changes if desired. The sample used was 500ppm (v/v) diethylene glycol in ethylene glycol.

41 Penton

Optimization of Conditions for the Determination of Ethanol in Blood by Static Headspace GC
Key Words: Static Headspace, Blood Alcohol, Genesis, Ethanol

Description: GC and headspace conditions are given for determination of ethanol in water with n-propanol internal standard.

40 Penton

Optimization of Parameters in Static Headspace GC
Key Words: Static Headspace, Parameter Optimization, Genesis, Method Optimization Mode

Description: The purpose of this note is to show how precision and sensitivity can be maximized when utilizing SHS GC by selecting the optimal parameters for the particular analysis. Parameters discussed are: 1) Sample preparation procedures to maximize sensitivity and precision. 2) Factors controlled by the headspace instrumentation: a) Sample equilibration time and the effect of mixing the sample during the equilibration period. b) Effect of sample vial and transfer line temperatures.

39 Penton

Determination of Solvents in Pharmaceuticals by Static Headspace GC
Key Words: Capillary GC, Static Headspace, Volatile Organics, Pharmaceuticals

Description: In late 1990, The US Pharmacopeia released two methods for determining organic volatile impurities in pharmaceutical compounds by gas chromatography. The first method involved a liquid-liquid extraction prior to the analysis, and the second utilized the purge and trap or dynamicheadspace technique. This Application Note demonstrates that static headspace (SHS) offers an alternative approach to this determination.

38 Carmichael Schumacher

Single-Column Analysis with Natural Gas System A
Key Words: Late Backflush, IP345, Temperature Programmed

Description: A standard natural gas analysis, using a single column, temperature programming and late backflush (IP345).

37 Penton

Determination of Chlorinated Acidic Herbicides with a Two Column SPI System and Dual Electron Capture Detection
Key Words: Herbicides, Pesticides, Acidic Pesticides, SPI, Dual Column, Dual ECD

Description: The compounds listed in EPA Method 515.1 are acidic and include phenols and carboxylic acids. Although phenols ususally can be determined on non-polar fused silica columns, carboxylic acids require derivatization. A derivatization procedure is described which utilized Methyl-8™ (dimethylformamide dimethyldiacetal) instead of the diazomethane listed in the EPA method. This reagent is simpler to use and less hazardous than diazomethane. The pesticides were separated on two columns connected to one injector for simultaneous analysis and confirmation.

36 Thompson

Dual Channel Analysis of Refinery Gas: Refinery Gas System B
Key Words: Refinery Gas, Unsaturated Hydrocarbons, Hydrogen Sulfide, Carbonyl Sulfide, PLOT Alumina Column

Description: Dual GC approach for analysis of refinery gas, including H2S and COS, using PLOT alumina column, dual TCD and FID.

35 Schumacher Thompson

Fast Isothermal Analysis of Transformer Gas
Key Words: Dissolved Gases, Methanizer, ASTM Methods D3613, D2945, D3612

Description: Measurement of dissolved gases, extracted from electrical insulating oil (ASTM 3612) using methanizer and TCD/FID.

34 Schumacher Thompson

Single Channel Analysis of Refinery Gas: Refinery Gas System A
Key Words: Refinery Gas, Unsaturated Hydrocarbons, Methanizer, PLOT Alumina Column

Description: Measurement of saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons, elemental and inorganic gases in refinery gas using a methanizer, PLOT alumina column, and TCD/FID.

33 C. Jennison

The Analysis of Low Level Residues of Toxaphene in Water
Key Words: Environmental Residue Analysis, Toxaphene, Dual Channel, SPI, 3500, ECD

Description: Toxaphene is a complex mixture of polychlorinated camphene [camphene, C10H16, is a norbornane (or bicycloheptane) structure that is 2,2-dimethyl-3-methylene substituted.] Toxaphene generates a GC profile similar to a PCB (a large number of closely spaced peaks). Even after a silica gel cleanup of a methylene choride extract, toxaphene must be identified and quantitated against a complicated background of other ECD responsive analytes. The App Note describes a dual column (different polarity)/dual ECD method with special two channel analysis in which the ratio of response from the two channels confirms the identity of toxaphene peaks.

32 Almasi, Kirshen

The Determination of Volatile Organic Compounds in Ambient Air
Key Words: Air Analysis, EPA Method TO-14, VOCs, Cryogenic Concentration

Description: Describes EPA Method TO-14 using built-in cryotrapping device (VTAT) and associated valving, separation on capillary column and detection with FID/ECD detectors.

31 Schumacher Thompson

Extended Analysis of Natural Gas and Natural Gas Liquids
Key Words: Industrial, Natural Gas, Natural Gas Liquids, Extended Analysis, GPA, GPA Standard 2186, GPA Standard 2286

Description: Extended capillary single-channel analysis of natural gas and natural gas liquids, including separation of oxygen and hydrogen sulfide.

30 Penton

Determination of Nitrosamine Contaminants in a Herbicide: Advantages of the 8100 AutoSampler for Highly Concentrated Samples and Nitrogen Detector with Programmable Bead Current
Key Words: Industrial, Nitrosamines, Herbicides, SPI, TSD Programmable Bead Current, 8100 Concentrated Samples, Trifluralin, Trefla

Description: Nitrosamine contaminants are determined in a widely used herbicide without sample cleanup. The SPI and the TSD are used. The bead current to the TSD is turned on and off without compromising the results.

29 Schumacher Thompson

Analysis of Natural Gas and Natural Gas Liquids
Key Words: Industrial, Natural Gas, Hydrogen Sulfide, Optional Internal Volume Sample Valve (LSV), Gas Processors Association (GPA), GPA Standard 2261, GPA Standard 2177

Description: Single-channel analysis of natural gas and natural gas liquids provides O2 and N2 separation when required, and early backflush of grouped heavier hydrocarbons.

28 Penton

A Demonstration of Automated Solvent Flush Injection to Eliminate Sample Discrimination in the Determination of Pesticides by Splitless Capillary Injection
Key Words: Environmental, Pesticides, Dual Columns, 8100 A/S, Solvent Flush

Description: This is a demonstration of the value of the solvent flush technique in the 8100 AutoSampler. Using a pesticide sample, it is shown that solvent flush minimizes mass discrimination in hot splitless injection.

27 Penton

Screening for Pesticides with Two Columns in a Split/Splitless Capillary Injector: A Comparison of Two Techniques for Installing the Columns
Key Words: Environmental,Pesticides, Dual Columns, Inlet Splitting Technique

Description: Two columns are installed in a 1077 injector in the splitless mode using 1) the technique of putting both columns in the injector and 2) a "Pressfit" inlet splitter. A comparison is made of the two techniques with a pesticide test sample.

26 Thompson

Determination of Sub-ppm Concentrations of CO and CO2 in Ethylene and Propylene
Key Words: Industrial, Ethylene, Propylene, CO, CO2, Methanizer

Description: Measurement of sub-ppm concentration of CO and CO2 in polymer grade olefins by direct injection, catalytic conversion to methane and detection by FID.

25 Thompson

Application of a Variable-Temperature Adsorption Trap: Moisture in Elemental and Other Gases
Key Words: Industrial, VTAT, Moisture, Water

Description: Measurement of moisture at ppm levels in pure gases, using the VTAT.

24 Almasi, Kirshen

The Analysis of Volatile Organic Chemicals According to EPA Method 502.2 without Cryofocusing
Key Words: Environmental, Method 502.2, VOCs, Purge & Trap, ELCD, PID, Restek

Description: Using Purge and Trap, VOCs are chromatographed on the Restek RTX-502.2 column, which needs no column oven cryogenics.

23 Penton

Determination of Neutral Lipids By High Temperature GC: Part II. Investigation of Thermal Stability of Saturated and Unsaturated Triglycerides During Separation by High Temp GC
Key Words: Industrial, Thermolabile Triglycerides, SPI, High Temperature GC

Description: Column temperatures up to 410oC are used to elute triglycerides containing saturated & unsaturated fatty acids with minimal thermal degradation. The injector is the SPI.

22 Penton

Determination of Neutral Lipids By High Temperature GC: Part I. Triglycerides and Cholesteryl Esters in Foods
Key Words: Industrial, Lipids, Cholesterols, Triglycerides, Food Analysis, SPI

Description: The determination of high-molecular weight cholesteryl esters and intact triglycerides is demonstrated in food samples. The SPI is used. A sample cleanup procedure is described.

21 Penton

How Much Sample is Lost in a Low Loss AutoSampler? (Automated GC Injection With Minimum Sample Size)
Key Words: 8100 AutoSampler, Low Loss, 10 礚 Sample

Description: A rigorous proof statement that the 8100 can deliver 8 1-礚 injections with good area count precision from a 10 礚 sample.

20 Almasi, Kirshen

The Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds in Air and/or Soil Gas: Fixed Volume System
Key Words: Environmental, Air, Soil Gas, VOC, VTAT, PID, ECD, ELCD

Description: Sub-part per billion levels of volatile organic compounds are determined in air using pre-concentration of a fixed volume (100 mL or 2 mL) of sample onto a VTAT and chromatographing on a capillary column with PID and ECD or ELCD.

19 Almasi, Kirshen

The Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds in Air: Variable Volume System
Key Words: Environmental, Air, Soil Gas, VOC, VTAT, PID, ECD, ELCD

Description: Sub part per billion levels of volatile organic compounds are determined in air using pre-concentration of a variable volume air sample on a variable temperature adsorption trap, capillary column, and PID with ECD or ELCD.

18 Carmichael

Automated Injection of Viscous Materials: The Advantages of Solvent Flush Injection and Dual Solvent Wash
Key Words: Solvent Flush, Air Gap, Solvent Wash Viscous Samples, Splitless Injection, AutoSampler, Carryover

Description: Use of an 8100 AutoSampler to generate improved peak shape and minimize sample carryover to aid method precision.

17 Penton

Comparison of Discrimination and Precision on Three Capillary Injectors: The Septum-Equipped Temperature Programmable Injector (SPI), the Temperature Programmable On-Column Injector (TPOCI) and the Splitless Injector
Key Words: Mass Discrimination, SPI, TPOCI, Splitless, High Boiling Compounds

Description: Normal alkanes from C7 to C46 are separated on a narrow-bore capillary column. Three capillary injectors, the 1077 (splitless mode), temperature-programmed on-column, and the SPI, are compared for precision and mass discrimination. This is a proof statement that in the range studied, the SPI performs as well as the on-column injector, while the splitless injector exhibits serious mass discrimination.

16 Almasi, Kirshen

The Analysis of Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Capillary Gas Chromatography with the Septum-Equipped Programmable Injector
Key Words: Environmental, PAH, PNA, SPI, PID, EPA Method 610


Description: Priority pollutant PAHs may be measured using capillary columns, SPI and photoionization detector to give detection levels that meet or beat EPA method 610 requirements.

15 Almasi, Kirshen

The Determination of Fixed Gases and Total Hydrocarbons in Soil Gas and Air
Key Words: Environmental, Total Hydrocarbons, Air, Soil, Gas, TCD, FID

Description: Fixed gases (O2, N2, CH4, CO2,) and total hydrocarbons are measured in either air or soil gas using a simple 2-loop GSV with TCD and FID.

14 Holmes

Screening of Trihalomethanes by Direct Aqueous Injection
Key Words: Environmental, Electron Capture, SPI, Direct Aqueous Injection, Sheath Flow Cell Design, Haloforms, DB624 (Cyanopropyl), Injection Speed

Description: Haloforms in drinking water are determined by directly injecting water into a capillary column with subsequent detection ?by two different designs of electron capture detector.

13 Penton

Determination of Low Levels of an Additive in Gasoline by Gas Chromatography with the Septum-Equipped Programmable Injector (SPI)
Key Words: Industrial, Gasoline Additives, Selective Detection, TSD, SPI, Thermolabile Compounds, 3500 GC

Description: A nitrogen-containing detergent added to commercial gasoline is determined without sample cleanup. The SPI and TSD are used. The compound is thermolabile but good precision and linearity are achieved.

12 Almasi, Kirshen

The Determination of Fixed Gases and Non-methane Organic Compounds in Soil Gas and Air
Key Words: Environmental, NMOC, EPA Method 25, Hopcalite, Air, Soil Gas.

Description: Fixed gases (CO, CH4, CO2) and nonmethane organics are determined in either air at <1ppm or soil gas up to percentage levels using EPA Method 25 technology.

11 Penton

Determination of Trace Amounts of Thermolabile Compounds by Capillary GC: Comparison of a Septum-Equipped Programmable Injector (SPI) with a Hot Splitless Injector
Key Words: SPI, Thermolabile Compounds, Donike Test, Trimethylsilyl Esters

Description: A test sample described in the literature containing thermolabile compounds and stable compounds is used to demonstrate the ability of the SPI with nonvaporizing injection to prevent thermal breakdown. Comparison is made with hot injection.

10 Carmichael

Characterization of High Molecular Weight Hydrocarbons Using High Temperature Gas Chromatography
Key Words: Industrial, Hydrocarbons, High Temperature, Simulated Distillation, Physical Properties, 3410 GC, Aluminum Clad Columns

Description: High temperature analysis of hydrocarbons with 341/650 combination using aluminum clad columns.

9 Almasi, Kirshen

Volatile Organic Compounds in Water by Purge and Trap/Capillary Column Gas Chromatography with Photoionization (PID) and Electrolytic Conductivity Detectors (ELCD) in Series
Key Words: Environmental, Purge and Trap, DB-624, VOCOL, Column Selector, Method 502.2

Description: Purge and Trap/megabore columns, DB-624, and VOCOL, are demonstrated for their applicability to EPA Method 502.2.

8 Carmichael

Monitoring of Combustible Gas Mixtures in an Effluent Gas Stream
Key Words: Industrial, Gas Analysis, Thermal Conductivity, PLOT 530 μm, Methanizer, CO

Description: The use of a TCD at 5 ml/min flow rate with a megabore PLOT column, in conjunction with a methanizer and FID in series.

7 Thompson

Application of a Variable Temperature Adsorption Trap: Determination of COS in Propane or Propylene
Key Words: Industrial, VTAT, COS, Sulfur, Propane, Propylene, FPD

Description: Measurement of COS at sub-ppm concentrations in propane or propylene, using the VTAT.

6 Thompson

Application of a Variable-Temperature Adsorption Trap: Determination of Odorant Sulfur Compounds in Natural Gas
Key Words: Industrial, VTAT, Natural Gas, Odorants, Mercaptans, FPD, Sulfur

Description: Improving detectability of sulfur odorants in natural gas by concentration from a large volume by means of the VTAT.

5 Thompson

Application of a Variable-Temperature Adsorption Trap: THMs and Purgeable Organics in Finished Water
Key Words: Environmental, VTAT, THMs, Purgeable Organics

Description: A standard purge and trap analysis using the VTAT for purgeable organics in Finished Water.

4 Almasi, Kirshen

The Analysis of Nitrogen and Phosphorous Containing Pesticides by Gas Chromatography Using Dual Capillary Columns
Key Words: Environmental, Nitrogen-Phosphorous Pesticides, 507, Dual Capillary, TSD, Split/Splitless, Drinking Water, EPA Method

Description: Nitrogen-phosphorous containing pesticides that must be monitored in drinking water are screened and confirmed in one injection saving time and analysis cost.

3 Thompson

Application of a Variable-Temperature Adsorption Trap: Safrole in Smoked Ham
Key Words: Industrial, VTAT, Trapping

Description: An example of stripping a volatile compound (Safrole) from a nonvolatile matrix (smoked ham), subsequent concentration by VTAT and determination by GC.

2 Penton

Monitoring Acrylonitrile in Waste Water with Headspace GC
Key Words: Environmental, Industrial, Headspace A/S, Wastewater, Acrylonitrile, TSD

Description: The Varian 8034 AutoSampler modified with a 100 礚 syringe for headspace sampling is used to determine acrylonitrile in industrial wastewater. MDQ was 2 ppb.

1 Holmes, Kirshen

The Screening and Confirmation of Organochlorine Pesticides Using Dual Capillary Columns and Result Ratioing
Key Words: Environmental, Organochlorine, Pesticides, 508, Dual Capillary, ECD, Split/Splitless, Drinking Water, EPA Method 508

Description: Organochlorine pesticides monitored in drinking water are screened and confirmed in one injection saving time and analysis cost.

 


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