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Title: On-column sampling device for thermogravimetry/capillary gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

Journal Article · · Anal. Chem.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ac00273a057· OSTI ID:5959553

A simplified thermogravimetry/gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (TG/GC/MS) system has been developed which completely eliminates the off-line trapping and devolatilization step and the associated sample transfer problems. There are no valves or transfer lines between the TGA furnace and the GC. The gaseous products generated in the TGA are taken from the immediate vicinity of the sample in the furnace and are cryogenically condensed on the front end of a wall-coated open tubular fused silica capillary chromatographic column. This minimizes undesired gas-phase pyrolysis and/or wall reactions in the furnace environment and results in a condensed off-gas sample which is already prepared for chromatographic separation. In addition to the above advantages in sampling the gaseous materials from the TGA furnace, the fused silica capillary column also provides other benefits. It is well known that glass capillary columns give better separations, shorter analysis times, and better sensitivity and are more inert than conventional packed GC columns. The use of these columns also enables one to change from the TG/MS to the TG/GC/MS configuration in a matter of minutes so that both kinds of data may be acquired to better elucidate the nature of thermally induced reactions. 6 references, 9 figures, 2 tables.

Research Organization:
Dow Chemical Co., Midland, MI
OSTI ID:
5959553
Journal Information:
Anal. Chem.; (United States), Vol. 56:9
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English