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Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry: 8 th ed. Chapter 31 Chapter 31 31-1 In gas-liquid chromatography, the stationary phase is a liquid that is immobilized on a solid. Retention of sample constituents involves equilibria between a gaseous and a liquid phase. In gas-solid chromatography, the stationary phase is a solid surface that retains analytes by physical adsorption. Here separation involves adsorption equilibria. 31-2 Gas-solid chromatography is used primarily for separating low molecular weight gaseous species, such as carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and oxides of nitrogen. 31-3 Gas-solid chromatography has limited application because active or polar compounds are retained more or less permanently on the packings. In addition severe tailing is often observed owing to the nonlinear character of the physical adsorption process. 31-4 In a soap bubble meter a soap film is formed in a gas buret through which the effluent from a gas-chromatographic column is flowing. The flow rate is then determined from the time required for the film to travel between two of the graduations in the buret. 31-5 A chromatogram is a plot of detector response, which is proportional to analyte concentration or mass, as a function of time. 31-6 Temperature programming involves increasing the temperature of a gas-chromatographic column as a function of time. This technique is particularly useful for samples that contain constituents whose boiling points differ significantly. Low boiling point constituents are separated initially at temperatures that provide good resolution. As the separation proceeds the column temperature is increased so that the higher boiling constituents come off the column with good resolution and at reasonable lengths of time. Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry: 8 th ed. Chapter 31 31-7 In open tubular columns, the stationary phase is held on the inner surface of a capillary, whereas in packed columns, the stationary phase is supported on particles that are contained in a glass or metal tube. Open tubular columns contain an enormous number of plates that permit rapid separations of closely related species. They suffer from small sample capacities. 31-8 Sample injection volume, flow rate and column condition are the parameters which must be controlled for highest precision quantitative GC. The use of an internal standard can minimize the impact of variations in these parameters. 31-9 The typical column packing is made of diatomaceous earth particles having diameters from 250 to 170 m or 170 to 149 m. 31-10 (a) The thermal conductivity detector is based upon the decrease in thermal conductivity of the helium or hydrogen carrier gas brought about by the presence of analyte molecules. (b) The flame ionization detector is based on measuring the current that results from ions and electrons produced when organic compounds are combusted in a small air/hydrogen flame. (c) The electron capture detector is based upon the affinity of halogen-containing organic compounds for electrons emitted by nickel-63 leading to a reduction in the monitored current. (d) The thermionic detector is based upon the ion currents produced when the mobile phase is combusted in a hydrogen flame and then passed over a heated rubidium silicate bead. It is used primarily for detecting analytes that contain phosphorus or nitrogen. Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry: 8 th ed. Chapter 31 (e) The photoionization detector is based upon the ion currents that develop when analyte molecules are irradiated with an intense beam of far-ultraviolet radiation. 31-11 (a) Advantages of thermal conductivity: general applicability, large linear range, simplicity, nondestructive. Disadvantage: low sensitivity. (b) Advantages of flame ionization: high sensitivity, large linear range, low noise, ruggedness, ease of use, and response that is largely independent of flow rate. Disadvantage: destructive. (c) Advantages of electron capture: high sensitivity selectivity towards halogen- containing compounds and several others, nondestructive. Disadvantage: small linear range. (d) Advantages of thermionic detector: high sensitivity for compounds containing nitrogen and phosphorus, good linear range. Disadvantages: destructive, not applicable for many analytes. (e) Advantages of photoionization: versatility, nondestructive, large linear range. Disadvantages: not widely available, expensive. 31-12 A hyphenated gas chromatographic method is a method in which the analytes exiting from a column are identified by one of the selective techniques such as mass spectrometry, absorption or emission spectroscopy or voltammetry. 31-13 Megabore columns are open tubular columns that have a greater inside diameter (530 m) than typical open tubular columns (150 to 320 m). Megabore columns can tolerate sample sizes similar to those for packed columns, but with significantly improved Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry: 8 th ed. Chapter 31 performance characteristics. Thus, megabore columns can be used for preparative scale GC purification of mixtures where the compound of interest is to be collected and further analyzed using other analytical techniques. 31-14 (a) A PLOT column is a porous layer open tubular column, which is also called a support coated open-tubular (SCOT) column. The inner surface of a PLOT column is lined with a thin film of a support material, such as a diatomaceous earth. This type of column holds several times as much stationary phase as does a wall-coated column. (b) A WCOT column is simply a capillary tubing fashioned from fused silica, stainless steel, aluminum, copper, plastic or glass. Its inner walls are coated with a thin layer of the mobile phase. (c) The SCOT column is described in the answer to part (a) of this question. 31-15 The stationary phase liquid should have low volatility, good thermal stability, chemical inertness and solvent characteristics that provide suitable retention factor and selectivity for the separation. 31-16 Fused silica columns have greater physical strength and flexibility than glass open tubular columns and are less reactive toward analytes than either glass or metal columns. 31-17 Film thickness influences the rate at which analytes are carried through the column, with the rate increasing as the thickness is decreased. Less band broadening is encountered with thin films. 31-18 Currently, liquid stationary phases are generally bonded and/or cross-linked in order to provide thermal stability and a more permanent stationary phase that will not leach off the column. Bonding involves attaching a monomolecular layer of the stationary phase to Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry: 8 th ed. Chapter 31 the packing surface by means of chemical bonds. Cross linking involves treating the stationary phase while it is in the column with a chemical reagent that creates cross links between the molecules making up the stationary phase. 31-19 (a) Band broadening arises from very high or very low flow rates, large particles making up packing, thick layers of stationary phase, low temperature, and slow injection rates. (b) Band separation is enhanced by maintaining conditions so that k lies in the range of 1 to 10, using small particles for packing, limiting the amount of stationary phase so that particle coatings are thin, and injecting the sample rapidly 31-20 A B C D E 1 Compound Relative Area Correction Factor Corrected Area Percentage 2 A 16.4 0.6 27.333333 22.85% 3 B 45.2 0.78 57.948718 48.45% 4 C 30.2 0.88 34.318182 28.69% 5 6 TotalArea 119.6002331 7 8 Spreadsheet Documentation 9 D2 = B2/C2 10 D6 = SUM(D2:D4) 11 E2 = D2/$D$6*100 Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry: 8 th ed. Chapter 31 31-21 A B C D E 1 Compound Relative Area Correction Factor Corrected Area Percentage 2 A 32.5 0.70 46.428571 21.09% 3 B 20.7 0.72 28.750000 13.06% 4 C 60.1 0.75 80.133333 36.40% 5 D 30.2 0.73 41.369863 18.79% 6 E 18.3 0.78 23.461538 10.66% 7 8 Total Area 220.1433062 9 10 Spreadsheet Documentation 11 D2 = B2/C2 12 D8 = SUM(D2:D6) 13 E2 = D2/$D$8*100 Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry: 8 th ed. Chapter 31 31-22 A B C D E F G 1 Percent Analyte Peak Height, Analyte 2 0.05 18.80 3 0.10 48.10 4 0.15 63.40 5 0.20 63.20 6 0.25 93.60 7 unknown 58.90 8 9 Regression equation 10 Slope 329.40 11 Intercept 8.E+00 12 c unknown 0.1545 13 14 Error Analysis 15 sr 9.017 16 N 5 17 Sxx 0.03 18 sm 57.03 19 y bar 57.420 20 M 1 21 22 SD of c 0.030 23 RSD of c 0.194 24 25 Spreadsheet Documentation 26 B10 = SLOPE(B2:B6,A2:A6) 27 B11=INTERCEPT(B2:B6,A2:A6) 28 B12 = (B7-B11)/B10 29 B15 = STEYX(B2:B6,A2:A6) 30 B16=COUNT(B2:B6) 31 B17=B16*VARP(A2:A6) 32 B18=SQRT(B15^2/B17) 33 B19 =AVERAGE(B2:B6) 34 B22 =B15/B10*SQRT(1/B20+1/B16+((B7-B19)^2)/((B10^2)*B17)) 35 B23=B22/B12 The percentage of the analyte in the unknown determined this way is 0.15±0.03, substantially less precise than the 0.163±0.008 value determined when using internal standards. The use of internal standards is more precise because the uncertainties introduced by sample injection, flow rate and variations in column conditions are minimized