Chromatographic analysis partition systems

Thus, interactive chromatographic modes (partition/adsorption) in general are not suited for the analysis of bulk polymers. However, they can be used for the analysis of the lower molecular weight species contained in polymer systems. 

To be amenable to gas chromatographic analysis, a compound must volatilize without thermal decomposition and not interact with the analytical system in such a manner so as to cause irreversible surface adsorption or surface catalyzed decomposition. In addition, the polarities of the various chemical entities to be analyzed must be considered so that an appropriate GC separation mechanism (i.e., partitioning, adsorption, etc.) can be chosen. Although these factors might seem to suggest that GC is a very selective analytical technique, in fact a wide variety of chemical entities which can appear as extractables and leachables are amenable to GC separation and analysis. ... 

Detailed analysis of the results published by Casper and Schulz 2) and measurements with the new chromatograph mentioned above 3) have shown that irrevesible thermodynamics, including two different kinetic effects, has to be applied to explain the resolution of the PDC-column 4 5 9) and to obtain the MWD of narrowly distributed polystyrene samples 6 8). In this way, not only the MWD is obtained, but also kinetic constants and thermodynamic functions of the polymer transfer between sol and gel, as well as hydrodynamic and kinetic spreading parameters of the system investigated, can be calculated from PDC-measurements performed at different constant column temperatures, with the same sample injected. The usual static quantities (such as the exponent of the partition function, ratio of the gel/sol volumes, etc.) proposed by Casper and Schulz can then be obtained by extrapolating the results to the theta temperature of the system. In addition, spreading phenomena alone can directly be... 

Paper partition chromatographic methods have been widely applied to the analysis of tetracyclines (128, 129). Pharmaceutical aqueous suspensions for oral use are acidified with HC1 and diluted with methanol. Crystalline formulations are dissolved only in methanol. A paper chromatographic method for TC determination in pharmaceutical preparations is based on the complexation of the antibiotic with a mixture of urea and disodium edetate on paper at pH 7.4. Urea helped in the separation of degradation products and led to the formation of well defined spots (130). Samples from fermentations must be acidified with oxalic acid to liberate TC from the mycelium. TC in filtrates may be precipitated in saturated solution of sodium tetraphenyl borate, precipitate dissolved in ethyl or butyl acetate and applied for paper chromatography. Various solvent systems and hRp values for paper chromatography are given in Table 4. 

Dissolved gases must be extracted from the aqueous system before analysis. This is usually accomplished by a simple gas-water partition into a vapour phase followed by standard headspace measurement techniques (McAuliffe, 1966). Alternatively a so-called stripper continuously partitions the dissolved gases into a carrier gas which is then sent to a gas chromatograph for analysis (Mousseau and Williams, 1979 Aldridge and Jones, 1987). These separations are aided by the very low solubility of the light hydrocarbon gases. 

The analysis of quaternary nitrogen compounds by HPLC requires chromatographic systems, such as ion-pair and reversed-phase chromatography, which are able to separate highly polar compounds. Reviews on ion-pair HPLC have been given . Both straight-phase (adsorption and/or partition) and reversed-phase ion-pair chromatography have been used. 

A dynamic headspace gas-partitioning method has been used to assess the effect of dissolved organic carbon on the value of H for mirex (Yin and Hassett 1986), and with a gas chromatographic detection system for analysis, this is applicable to native water samples containing mirex. 

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