skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Development and optimization of methodologies for analysis fo complex hydrocarbon mixtures. Technical progress report, 1 September 1980-31 August 1981

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6127833

Studies of rotating-disk thin-layer chromatography were continued from the previous grant period, and fundamental aspects of this newly-revived technique were examined in this period in some detail. A number of design innovations were explored, implementation of which could result in a separations system which rivals conventional-column lc for pre-analysis fractionation of petroleum. Studies with liquid-chromatographic (lc) columns of conventional dimensions examined the variation of retentions of aromatic hydrocarbon solutes with mobile phases of methanol + water (reversed-phase sorbent) and hexane + isopropyl alcohol (silica sorbent). The utility of ternary blends of hexane solvent + combinations of methylene chloride, tetrahydrofuran, acetonitrile, and isopropyl alcohol were also evaluated with silica adsorbent and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon solutes. Resolution of a small impurity in one of the solute mixtures was used to illustrate the effects of column temperature. Microbore reversed-phase column systems were examined from the standpoints of efficiency and analysis times. Optimization of conditions relating to the fabrication and use of open-tubular gc glass-capillary columns were continued. These efforts included studies of the controlled and predictable variation of retentions with composition of the (multi-component) stationary and mobile phases. Total analysis of a commercial gasoline provided illustration of the ultrahigh resolution available from the resultant column systems. Other studies included clean-up procedures for lc solvents, computer data acquisition and reduction techniques for gc and lc, detector and recorder distortion of chromatographic peaks in gc, and new methods of data presentation and pattern recognition for spectra of levels of complexity of those generated in this work.

Research Organization:
Ohio State Univ., Columbus (USA). Dept. of Chemistry
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-80ER10554
OSTI ID:
6127833
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/10554-7; ON: DE81025875
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

On-line liquid distribution chromatographic/spectrofluorometric determination of PAH distribution in coal-derived products
Thesis/Dissertation · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1982 · OSTI ID:6127833

Effects of temperature and mobile-phase composition on retentions in column liquid chromatography. [Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene]
Technical Report · Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982 · OSTI ID:6127833

Applications of on-line multidimensional chromatography to solvent refined coal
Conference · Sun Mar 29 00:00:00 EST 1981 · Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem., Prepr.; (United States) · OSTI ID:6127833