title: Separation of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes by micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography.
abstract: The use of sodium dodecyl sulfate, urea, beta-cyclodextrin, and methanol as additives to the electrophoretic medium containing a Na2HPO4-boric acid buffer in the micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and three isomers of xylene (collectively known as BTEX) was investigated. The results showed that with the addition of sodium dodecyl sulfate only, higher selectivity and sensitivity and shorter migration time could be achieved, which consequently resulted in better separation of BTEX studied. For this buffer system, good linearity (R2>0.99) was found over the range of 5 to 500 microg ml(-1) for individual BTEX compound and separation time of less than 5 min for BTEX was possible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Macau, Macau.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shim
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D001554:Benzene / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001555:Benzene Derivatives / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004563:Electrochemistry; D019075:Electrophoresis, Capillary; D007700:Kinetics; D014050:Toluene / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*; D014992:Xylenes / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D001555:Benzene Derivatives; D014873:Water Pollutants; D014992:Xylenes; D014050:Toluene; D001554:Benzene; C004912:ethylbenzene