Drying agents for water-free introduction of desorption solvent into a GC after on-line SPE of aqueous samples |
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Authors: | Picó Y Vreuls J J Ghijsen R T Brinkman U A Th |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Analytical Chemistry, Free University, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands;(2) Present address: Laboratori de Toxicologia, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de València, Avgd. Vicent Andrés Estellés s/n, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain |
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Abstract: | Summary A small cartridge containing a drying agent is inserted between a solid phase extraction (SPE) column and a gas chromatograph (GC) to enable the introduction of water-free desorption solvent into the GC in on-line liquid chromatography (LC)-type enrichment of trace-level analytes from water samples. Some characteristics of the drying agents, such as their capacity to retain water and their re-usability after heating, have been tested. Possible interactions of the drying agent with the analytes, e.g., irreversible adsorption or catalyzed degradation, have been checked for a wide range of alkanes, alkylbenzenes chlorobenzenes, chlorophenols and phthalate esters. Using the on-line SPE-GC system with flame ionization detection (FID) and spiked samples containing different levels of the test compounds, the repeatability was shown to be satisfactory (6–17%). For 10 mL samples, the detection limits were lower than 0.1 g/L. The on-line SPE-GC-FID system here presented can be used for the repeated analysis of water samples without exchange of the dyring cartridge. The technique is applied to the analysis of tap water. |
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Keywords: | Gas chromatography/liquid chromatography Solid-phase extraction Water analysis Drying agents Organic contaminants |
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