Chemical transformations of alcohols sampled with the use of adsorptive enrichment on the carbon adsorbent traps followed by thermal desorption.
Graphitized carbons, Carbopack X, Carbograph 5TD and Carbotrap B, used to enrich samples of C(3)-C(4) alcohols determined in the atmospheric air produce experimental artefacts. After thermal desorption, recoveries for alcohols are much smaller than unity with a concomitant appearance of aldehydes and ketones on chromatograms. Obviously, the adsorbents studied cannot be recommended for analysis of alcohols, ketones and aldehydes in the atmosphere. Polymeric adsorbents, Tenax TA and Chromosorb 106, do not exhibit such oxidative properties.
Kornacki
Wojciech
W
Department of Chemistry, Warsaw University, Zwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland. gierczak@chem.uw.edu.pl
Fastyn
Patrycja
P
Gawlowski
Janusz
J
Gierczak
Tomasz
T
Niedzielski
Jan
J
D000327:Adsorption; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D000438:Alcohols / Q000032:analysis*; D016477:Artifacts; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry; D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods; D006358:Hot Temperature; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction
D000393:Air Pollutants; D000438:Alcohols; D002244:Carbon