title: Patterns in the precision of quantitative data from multicomponent gas chromatographic or gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric analysis.
abstract: The dispersion of the quantitative results in the analysis of volatile compounds from multicomponent mixtures by different fractionation techniques (solid-phase microextraction and direct thermal desorption) followed by GC or GC-MS presents nonrandom patterns related to the existence of different factors in the fractionation process or in the chromatographic separation which affect, to a different extent, the recovery of the sample components. Statistical techniques have been used to show the relative importance of these factors. The improvement in data precision achieved by using volatile compound concentration ratios is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Química Orgánica General (C.S.I.C.) Juan de la Cierva, 3 28006 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Soria
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Martínez-Castro
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sanz
mesh_terms: D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results