Water injection systems filter selection

This method can also be used to analyse soil samples. For instance, fenpropi-morph, which is a non-polar pesticide with good UV sensitivity but poor selectivity, has, after treatment, been determined in soil samples (31). In this example, an amount of soil was extracted overnight with acetonitrile this was then poured into a Buchner filter and rinsed with the same solvent. The acetonitrile solution was concentrated and, prior to LC analysis, the extract was diluted with water and 100 p.1 were then injected into the LC system. 

Many chemicals are available that can be used without further purification. Their selection is made on a trial and error basis, and even different lots from the same supplier may differ in purity. Volatile buffers and solvents such as pyridine, acetic acid, formic acid, and n-propanol, which are employed for chromatography, can be purified by distillation over ninhydrin. Constant-boiling hydrochloric acid is rountinely prepared over sodium dichromate (Schwabe and Catlin, 1974), and water of high purity is obtained from a system composed of a 0.2-fim particle filter, an activated charcoal cartridge, and two deionizer cartridges (Hydro Service and Supplies, Durham, North Carolina). The solvents are tested for purity in the following manner. A sample of the solvent is dried in vacuo. The residue is dissolved in pH 2.2 citrate buffer and injected onto the amino acid analyzer column. The distilled solvents are typically found to contain aspartic acid, serine, and glycine at 20-30 pmol/ml as the major contaminants. 

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