Determination of sodium and ammonium ions in disproportionate concentration ratios by ion chromatography

In ion chromatography, samples of very different ammonium-to-sodium concentration ratios are difficult to quantify since these two cations have similar selectivities for stationary phases containing commonly used sulfonate or carboxylate cation-exchange functional groups. The IonPac CS15 cation-exchange column, with carboxylate and phosphonate functional groups as well as a crown ether group, was developed to address this limitation. Selectivity for the common inorganic cations on this column is different from that of conventional cation-exchange columns in that the separation between sodium and ammonium ions has been greatly increased, allowing for determinations of low levels of one in the presence of high levels of the other with an isocratic eluent. For larger than 4000:1 sodium-to-ammonium concentration ratios, an eluent step change or gradient elution is needed. For moderate ratios, combinations of this column with a carboxylate column, containing no crown ether group, can be used at room temperature with an isocratic eluent containing no organic solvent.     

Determination of inorganic cations and ammonium in environmental waters by ion chromatography with a high-capacity cation-exchange column

While alkali and alkaline earth cations are commonly determined by using spectrometric techniques such as atomic absorption spectrometry or inductively coupled plasma, ammonium cation in the same sample must be measured separately by a wet chemical technique such as colorimetry, titrimetry, or ammonia-selective electrode. In a single 25-min run ion chromatography can determine all of the important inorganic cations including lithium, sodium, ammonium, potassium, magnesium and calcium. In this paper, we describe the use of ion chromatography with a new high-capacity cation-exchange column (the IonPac CS16), an electrolytically-generated methanesulfonic acid eluent and suppressed conductivity detection to determine dissolved alkali and alkaline earth cations and ammonium in drinking water wastewater and aqueous soil extracts. The IonPac CS16 is a high-capacity cation-exchange column that incorporates recent advances in polymer chemistry to enable trace-level determinations of cations even in high-ionic-strength matrices. We discuss the linear range, method detection limits, and analyte recoveries obtained with this column, and evaluate the effect of potential interferences on method performance during the analysis of typical environmental samples.     

Adsorption of Tetralkyl Ammonium Ions on Reversed-Phase HPLC Columns

Abstract

A systematic study of the influence of several chromatographic parameters upon adsorption of tetralkyl ammonium ions on reversed-phases has been made. Results show that organic solvent content in mobile phase, tetralkyl ammonium hydrophobicity and tetralkyl ammonium concentration in eluent are the most influent variables. A mathematical expression to calculate the adsorbed ion concentration for different combinations of these variables is deduced. Results from this study can be applied in Ion Pair Reversed-Phase Chromatography to calculate column equilibration times, for setting gradient elution separation methods and for the study of retention mechanisms.     

阳离子交换色谱中色谱柱温度对碱金属与碱土金属离子保留的影响

研究了非抑制型阳离子交换色谱中色谱柱温度(25~50℃)对碱金属离子(Li+、Na+、K+、Rb+)和碱土金属离子(Mg2+、Ca2+、Sr2+)以及NH4+保留的影响。在Shim-pack IC-C1磺酸型阳离子交换柱上,以硝酸为流动相分离碱金属离子,以乙二胺或乙二胺-草酸(柠檬酸)为流动相分离碱土金属离子,随着色谱柱温度的升高,碱金属和碱土金属离子的保留时间均增长,其范特霍夫曲线具有良好的线性关系,斜率为负值,表明在此条件下碱金属和碱土金属离子的保留为吸热过程。在Shim-pack IC-SC1羧酸型阳离子交换柱上,以硫酸为流动相同时分离碱金属和碱土金属离子,随着色谱柱温度的升高,Mg2+、Ca2+的保留时间增长,而K+、Rb+的保留时间缩短,Li+、Na+、NH4+的保留时间基本不变。在此条件下,Mg2+、Ca2+、K+和Rb+的范特霍夫曲线具有良好的线性关系,其中Mg2+和Ca2+的曲线斜率为负值,K+和Rb+的曲线斜率为正值,表明Mg2+和Ca2+的保留表现为吸热过程,K+和Rb+的保留表现为放热过程。研究表明在不同固定相和流动相条件下,色谱柱温度对碱金属和碱土金属离子保留行为的影响不同。     

Reversed-phase liquid chromatography and argentation chromatography of the minor capsaicinoids

An investigation of the liquid chromatography of the minor capsaicinoids in a commercial capsaicinoid mixture is reported. Twelve stationary phases including C₈, C₁₈, C₃₀, phenyl, and cation-exchange chemistries were examined in combination with isocratic aqueous methanol and aqueous acetonitrile mobile phases. A phenyl stationary phase and aqueous acetonitrile mobile phase baseline-resolved 7 of 11 capsaicinoids, and selected ion chromatograms (LC–ESI-MS) demonstrated this was the most effective reversed-phase separation. Argentation chromatography with an alkyl or phenyl column and aqueous silver nitrate–methanol mobile phase revealed the presence of the 6-ene-8-methyl and 6-ene-9-methyl homocapsaicin isomers and the absence of 7-ene-9-methyl homocapsaicin. A mixed phenyl–cation-exchange stationary phase (charged with silver ion) enabled unique and useful separations of the capsaicinoids.     

Retention Behavior of Proteins on Glutamic Acid-Boned Silica Stationary Phase

A glutamic acid-bonded silica (Glu-silica) stationary phase with cation-exchange properties was synthesized using l-glutamic acid as ligand and silica gel as matrix. The effects of solution pH value, salt concentration and metal ion on the retention of proteins were examined. The standard protein mixture was separated with a prepared chromatographic column and an iminodiacetic acid column, and compared. The influence of the binding capacity of an immobilized metal ion on the complexation of metal chelate column was studied. The results indicate that the obtained column displays cation-exchange characteristic and better separation ability for proteins. As fixing metal ion on the Glu-silica column, retention of proteins on the column is a cooperative interaction of metal chelate and cation-exchange. The stationary phase shows the typical metal chelate properties with the increase of the sorption capacity of immobilized metal ion.     

锆胶基质阳离子色谱柱填料的制备

以10μm锆胶微球包覆聚苯乙烯制成强酸、弱酸型的阳离子色谱柱填料,具有良好的色谱性能。使用D ionex-120型双柱离子色谱仪,较好地分离碱金属、碱土金属离子及铵离子,比较了不同交换基团对溶质保留的影响。由于锆胶基质具有高的化学稳定性和机械强度,用作离子色谱柱填料有良好的应用前景。     

离子色谱法分析金属离子的研究进展

综述了离子色谱法(IC)分析金属离子的研究进展,对目前应用于分析金属离子的阳离子交换IC、阴离子交换IC和螯合离子色谱进行了评述。阳离子交换IC是IC分析金属离子的主要形式,固定相为强酸(磺酸)型阳离子交换剂和弱酸(羧酸)型阳离子交换剂,结合适当的检测方法,阳离子交换IC可以测定碱金属、碱土金属、过渡金属、稀土离子、铵离子及低相对分子质量的有机胺类分子等。阴离子交换IC可以分析碱土金属、过渡金属、稀土离子等,对金属离子的分析具有更好的选择性,并可以实现金属离子和无机阴离子的同时测定。螯合离子色谱可以对复杂基体中的痕量金属离子进行测定。引用文献125篇。     

开管离子色谱柱的制备与表征

近年来,开管离子色谱(OTIC)的研究已取得重大进展,尤其是兼容OH^-淋洗液的OTIC柱的成功研制使OTIC梯度洗脱得以实现。该文介绍了各种OTIC柱的制备和表征方法,涵盖早期的二氧化硅开管柱和新近出现的有机聚合物基质开管柱,对静电乳胶附聚的OTIC柱的一系列表征方法进行了系统阐述,包括开管柱柱容量的实验测定和理论计算方法、固定相相同时填充柱与开管柱之间的联系、柱效改善方法以及开管柱均一性表征等。     

Study of ion chromatography with ion-exchange fibers as the stationary phase

The application of ion-exchange fibers as the stationary phase in ion chromatography for the separation of inorganic anions has been studied. Results indicate that a separator column packed with VS-2 anion-exchange fibers and a suppressor column packed with VS-1 cation-exchange fibers have a similar separation efficiency to small-particle resin columns, but that the column pressure drop (ΔP) in fiber columns in only one-tenth of that in resin columns, at the same flow-rate. This allows the separation to be performed efficiently at a higher flow-rate and with lower presure, as shown for the separation of an anion mixture.     

Dynamic coating ion-exchange chromatography of cations on an octadecyl-bonded silica stationary phase

It was found that common cations (Na+, NH4+, K+, Mg2+ and Ca2+) could be strongly retained on an ODS stationary phase when aqueous solutions of carboxylic acids were used as eluents. The chromatographic conditions used in this work were the same as in common cation-exchange chromatography on a cation-exchange resin and the retention behavior of the above-mentioned cations on the ODS column was quite similar to that on a cation-exchange column. The retention behavior and mechanism have been investigated using a number of carboxylic acids as eluents. The retention mechanism of the cations in these experiments was considered to be a dynamic coating ion-exchange mechanism. The carboxylic acids in the mobile phase were coated onto the surface of the ODS stationary phase and formed a dynamic carboxylic acid functional layer which could act like the functional group layer of a carboxylic group cation exchanger.     

Single column ion chromatographic determination of inorganic acids in workroom places

Single Column Ion Chromatography (SCIC) combines low capacity-columns, low conductivity eluents and a detector with considerable electronic supression capability and enables quantitation of ions at the ppm level without the need of a suppressor column associated with other forms of Ion Chromatography. Vapors and aerosols of inorganic acids are collected on filter and silica gel tubes and analyzed directly by SCIC. A conventional liquid chromatograph with a low capacity column and a conductimetric detector is used to analyze aerosols of Cl-, Br-, NO-3 and SO=4 with good results.     

多齿配体-硅胶色谱介质的制备与评价

以新型环保多齿螯合剂——亚氨基二琥珀酸(IDS)为配体,在优化条件下,合成了IDS-Silica固定相。用电位滴定法测定了固定相上IDS的键合量。考察了IDS-Silica柱的色谱特性以及金属螯合特性。使用制备柱成功地分离了标准蛋白质混合物,该制备柱展现出了典型的阳离子交换特性。用电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱法考察了金属离子在IDS-Silica固定相上的键合特性。结果表明,金属离子在IDS-Silica固定相上键合量的变化规律与它们同该固定相螯合的强弱顺序一致。通过比较金属Cu~(2+)在4种不同氨羧类配体硅胶柱上的键合量,发现IDS对金属离子具有强的螯合能力。IDS对金属离子的强螯合特性为其今后作为固定金属亲和色谱填料奠定了基础,为缓解亲和柱在使用过程中固定金属离子的流失提供了一种有效的解决方法。     

Column-switching high-performance liquid chromatographic detection of pholcodine and its metabolites in urine with fluorescence and electrochemical detection.

A sensitive and selective method for the detection of pholcodine and its metabolite morphine in urine using high-performance liquid chromatography is described. It involves on-line clean-up of urine on a trace enrichment column packed with a polymeric strong cation-exchange material. Pholcodine and its metabolites were separated on two analytical columns with different selectivities. Pholcodine was detected by a fluorescence detector and morphine was detected electrochemically. One system, based on reversed-phase chromatography, applied a polystyrene-divinylbenzene column and gradient elution. The other system was based on normal-phase chromatography with a silica column and isocratic elution. Morphine was confirmed to be a metabolite of pholcodine by reversed-phase chromatography and electrochemical detection. Two unidentified metabolites of pholcodine were separated from pholcodine by normal-phase chromatography and detected by fluorescence detection.     

The rôle of countercurrent chromatography in the fractionation of complex mixtures

The biologically active pricipals in nature are frequently present as only a few parts per million of complex mixtures of non-volatile components and often have limited stability. Their isolation often requires the application of all available techniques, such as adsorption chromatography, ion exchange procedures, size exclusion techniques, and solvent partition methods consistent with their physical properties and stability. The process of countercurret chromatography is essentially liquid-liquid chromatography in which the stationary liquid bed is retained in the column by a force field rather than by a solid supporting matrix. Adsorption effects are thereby eliminated. The technique is particularly advantageous in the preparative separation of milligram to gram quantities of polar and labile organic compounds and bio-particulate materials such as cells and cell fragments. Virtually any twophase solvent system, either aqueous or non-aqueous may be employed. Countercurrent chromatography (CCC) provides a convenlent alternative to adsorption chromatography for fractionation of natural products or other complex mixtures. In some cases, this high resolution method offers advantages with regard to the avoidance of contamination from solid adsorbents, versatility, and relatively inexpensive operation. The article covers some of the applications, selection of solvents, and advantages of CCC.     

High-performance cation-exchange chromatofocusing of proteins

Chromatofocusing using high-performance cation-exchange column packings, as opposed to the more commonly used anion-exchange column packings, is investigated with regard to the performance achieved and the range of applications possible. Linear or convex gradients in the range from pH 2.6 to 9 were formed using a variety of commercially available column packings that provide a buffering capacity in different pH ranges, and either polyampholytes or simple mixtures having a small number (three or fewer) of buffering species as the elution buffer. The resolutions achieved using cation-exchange or anion-exchange chromatofocusing were in general comparable, although for certain pairs of proteins better resolution could be achieved using one type of packing as compared to the other, evidently due to the way electrostatic charges are distributed on the protein surface. Several chromatofocusing methods were investigated that take advantage of the acid-base properties of commercially available cation-exchange column packings. These include the use of gradients with a composite shape, the use of very low pH ranges, and the use of elution buffers containing a single buffering species. The advantages of chromatofocusing over ion-exchange chromatography using a salt gradient at constant pH were illustrated by employing the former method and a cation-exchange column packing to separate beta-lactoglobulins A and B, which is a separation reported to be impossible using the latter method and a cation-exchange column packing. Trends in the apparent isoelectric points determined using cation- and anion-exchange chromatofocusing were interpreted using applicable theories. Results of this study indicate that cation-exchange chromatofocusing is a useful technique which is complementary to anion-exchange chromatofocusing and isoelectric focusing for separating proteins at both the analytical and preparative scales.     

Separation of Polyphenols in Tea on Weakly Acidic Cation-Exchange Gels

Anion-exclusion chromatography on weakly acidic cation-exchange resin or gel is usually solvent-free and controllable for analysis of anions. The investigation in this paper introduced the anion-exclusion mechanism in semi-preparation scale to separate tea polyphenols (EGCG and ECG) from caffeine and other impurities. Two corresponding methods were set up to decrease the negative charges of dextran-based weakly acidic cation-exchange gel CM-Sephadex C-25 and increase solute retention. One was the pre-treatment of gel slurry with diluted acid before column packing. The other was the application of electric field on a packed chromatographic column to generate hydrogen ions, which was partially combined with carboxylic groups of gel. Decreasing certain negative charges of gel by both ways could effectively decrease the electrostatic repulsion and enhance the solute separation. Anion-exclusion chromatography could diminish or abolish organic solvents in eluent. Successful isolation of tea polyphenols from crude tea extract by semi-preparative anion-exclusion chromatography illustrated that it is a controllable and promising separation method.     

A weak cation-exchange phase for the separation of biogenic amines by open tubular liquid chromatography

Summary The preparation and performance of a weak cation-exchange stationary phase for Open Tubular Liquid Chromatography (OT-LC) was investigated. The stationary phase was prepared in 5.4 μm I.D. fused silica capillaries byin situ photopolymerization of a mixture of silicon acrylate and acrylic acid. The influence of pH, counter ion concentration and organic modifier concentration of the mobile phase on the retention was studied with catecholamines as test solutes using LIF detection. Other biological amines like amino acids, small peptides and nucleic acid derivatives could be separated on this stationary phase as well. The kinetic performance of the stationary phase was studied with several cations and neutral solutes.     

Changes in the basic experimental parameters of capillary gas chromatography in the 20th century

Studies of qualitative changes in capillary gas chromatography are of significant practical and scientific interest. This paper analyzes the evolution of the most important experimental chromatographic parameters over the last three decades and is based on the use of a new approach to scientometrical research that is referred to as applied scientometry. One essential feature of this approach is that it looks at the entire contents of each paper rather than only taking account its title, abstract. and references (as is typical for conventional scientometry). In this paper, we monitor how the most important chromatographic parameters, such as column length and diameter, layer thickness, stationary liquid phases, separation temperature mode. etc., have been evolving over the period 1970-2000. We used data from the following journals: Chromatographia, Journal of Chromatography, and Journal of High Resolution Chromatography and Chromatography Communications.