title: Practical aspects of splitless injection of semivolatile compounds in fast gas chromatography.
abstract: Possibilities and practical aspects of implementation of splitless injection of larger volumes for fast GC purposes utilizing narrow-bore column, hydrogen as carrier gas, fast temperature programming under programmed flow conditions and commercial instrumentation were searched. As a model sample semivolatile compounds of a broad range of volatility and polarity (7 n-alkanes and 19 pesticides) were chosen. Peak shapes, peak broadening and peak areas and its repeatability were evaluated under various experimental set-ups (liner/injection technique combinations). Various factors, such as liner design, injection technique, retention gap length, compound volatility and polarity, the solvent used, initial oven temperature influenced compound focusation and/or maximal injection volume. Combination of analytical column (CP-Sil 13 CB 25 m long, 0.15 mm i.d., film thickness 0.4 microm) with normal-bore retention gap (1 m long, 0.32 mm i.d.) allowed maximal injection volume 8 microl for 4 mm i.d. liner used without any peak distortion when solvent recondensation in the retention gap was employed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kirchner
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Matisová
authors.forename: Milena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dömötörová
authors.forename: Jaap
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Zeeuw
mesh_terms: D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods*; D012997:Solvents; D013696:Temperature; D014835:Volatilization
chemical_list: D012997:Solvents