A comparison of concentration techniques for the analysis of polar compounds in canister samples
- Entech Lab. Automation, Simi Valley, CA (United States)
The analysis of polar volatile organic compounds (PVOCs) in ambient air by GC/MS requires sample preconcentration to achieve 0.1 ppb detection limits. Necessary sample volumes can exceed 300 c resulting in the co-collection of approximately 3--6 {micro}l of water, depending on the humidity of the sample. This much water will degrade column performance and will cause signal attenuation in benchtop mass spectrometers making quantification of target analytes difficult. A concentration system utilizing yet a third water management technique called Cold Trap Dehydration (CTD) will be presented. Using this technique, water can be substantially eliminated without loss of polar VOCs of interest. CO{sub 2} is also eliminated before GC/MS injection resulting in superior chromatographic performance and a more consistent GC/MS response for the extreme light VOCs. The preconcentrator uses the same hardware trapping configuration for Cold Trap Dehydration as it does for Automated 2-Dimensional Chromatography and Microscale Purge and Trap, and can select any one of the three applications under software control. To determine which approach is best for TO14 and CAAA Title 3 compounds, all three water management procedures will be examined and compared. Data will be presented showing detection limits and %RSD`s from the analysis of PVOCs in canisters using the 3-stage Entech 2000/2016CM Automated preconcentration system and an HP 5972 GC/MS.
- OSTI ID:
- 197491
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9405167-; TRN: IM9612%%265
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Measurement of toxic and related air pollutants, Durham, NC (United States), 3-6 May 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Measurement of toxic and related air pollutants. Proceedings of the 1994 U.S. EPA/A and WMA international symposium; PB: 1075 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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