Chromatography gas-solid adsorption

In gas chromatography the value of the partition coefficient d ends only on the type of stationary phase and the column temperature. It is independent of column type and instrumental parameters. The proportionality factor in equation (l.ll) is called the phase ratio and is equal to the ratio of the volume of the gas (Vg) and liquid (V ) phases in the column. For gas-solid (adsorption) chromatography the phase ratio is given by the volume of the gas phase divided by the surface area of the stationary phase. 

Figure 23-6. upper right). In gas-solid adsorption chromatography, analyte is adsorbed directly on solid particles of stationary phase (Figure 23-6, upper left). 

In gas-liquid partition chromatography (GLPC), the stationary phase is a liquid that coats the particles in the tube or the walls of the tube. Often the tube itself is very narrow and long, perhaps 100 m, and has to be coiled (Fig. 4). Solutes are separated as in liquid chromatography, by their relative solubility in the gas and liquid phases. In gas-solid adsorption chromatography, solid particles coat the inside of the narrow tube. The solute vapors are separated by their relative attraction for the solid particles. In both cases, it is relative polarity that determines the distances between peaks. 

Methane—Deuteromethanes— CH4. A good deal of data on the chromatographic isotope effects of methane is now available. All to date has been obtained by gas-solid adsorption chromatography and most of this on the CH4-CD4 system but these results are available on a variety of columns and over a broad temperature range. In addition, separation factors at selected temperatures have been measured for a number of the intermediate isomers, both deuterated and tritiated, and for CH4. 

In gas chromatography (GC), a gaseous solute (or the vapour from a volatile liquid) is carried by the gaseous mobile phase. In gas-liquid partition chromatography, the stationary phase is a non-volatile liquid coated on the inside of the column or on a fine support. In gas-solid adsorption chromatography, solid particles that adsorb the solute act as the stationary phase. 

There are two types of GC gas-solid (adsorption) chromatography and gas-liquid (partition) chromatography. The more important of the two is gas-liquid chromatography (GLC), used in the form of a capillary column. In this chapter, we describe the principles of operation of gas chromatography, the types of GC columns, and GC detectors. The principles of mass spectrometry (MS) are described, along with coupling of the gas chromatograph with a mass spectrometer (GC-MS). 

In the separation of organic molecules, gas-liquid chromatography (GLQ has become more important than gas-solid (adsorption) chromatography. Acid-washed kieselguhr, powdered fire-brick and polystyrene containing polymers (Porapaks) are the most widely used carriers. Silicone or paraffin material is used for non-polar impregnation polyglycols and polyesters usually serve as polar stationary liquids. 

Procedures for determining fatty acids in sediments involved liquid-liquid extraction, liquid-solid adsorption chromatography followed by gas liquid chromatographic analysis [10-12], Liquid extractions have been performed with methanol-chloroform [13], methylene chloride [14] and benzene-methanol [15, 16]. Typical liquid-solid adsorbents are silicic acid. Standard gas chromatographic separations for complex mixtures employ non-polar columns packed with OV-1, OV-17, OV-101, SE-30, or glass capillary columns containing similar phases. 

For the reader who is interested in pursuing the mathematical details of CC, I recommend the papers of Smit and his co-workers (15) These researchers published early in the area of CC (16) and continue to contribute regularly to the field (17) Phillips has also been active in the field of CC, which he considers to be a subset of what he calls, multiplex chromatography (18). Some workers have used on-line correlation chromatography to study the thermal decomposition of polymers and compared the results against those using conventional injection procedures (19), while others have applied it to the study of gas-solid adsorption (20) ... 

Unfortunately, the study of phase equilibria in solution, e.g., liquid-solid adsorption, is not a highly popular area of research. Gas-solid adsorption and vapor-solution equilibria have been studied in far more detail, although most of the information available concerns the fate of single components in a diphasic system. Liquid-solid adsorption has benefited mainly from the extension of the concepts developed for gas phase properties to the case of dilute solutions. Multicomponent systems and the competition for interaction with the stationary phase are research areas that have barely been scratched. The problems are difficult. The development of preparative chromatography and its applications are changing this situation. 

The fundamental references in gas-solid adsorption are the works by Fowler and Guggenheim [12], Everett [13], and Hill [14,15], and the books by Young and Crowell [16], de Boer [17], Kiselev [4], and more recently by Ruthven [18] and T6th [19], who gives a clear, logical, and simple presentation of this topic. We present first a few theoretical results obtained in the study of gas-sohd adsorption, results that have been extended semiempirically to liquid-solid adsorption [18]. Then, we describe the various isotherm models that have been used in the study of retention mechanisms in liquid chromatography. 

Dipole interact ions,. tee Electrostatic forces Dispersion forces (energies), 44-47 on alumina, 245 in gas-solid adsorption, 243-245 Displacement chromatography, 34-36 Distribution coefficient A, lOi-ll calculation (examples), 385-396 correlation between different adsorbent batches, 148-149... 

Both gas/solid adsorption and gas/liquid partition chromatography can be used for GC-MS, but GC is by far the most common. Because, in GC, the stationary phase is a liquid, usually a polymer, its vapor pressure will cause a continual low flow, or bleed into the ion source of the mass spectrometer. This bleed, which usually consists of decomposed stationary phase, will produce a spectrum whose intensity increases with column temperature. Stationary phases should therefore be of the high-boiling, low-bleed type. Most currently used stationary phases for routine GC-MS are based on alkyl-polysiloxanes or alkyl-phenyl-polysiloxanes that are chemically bonded to the column wall to increase stability. Columns containing such phases can, in some cases, be used at temperatures of up to 400°C. One advantage, however, to the presence of bleed peaks in the spectrum is that they enable a continual check to be made on the mass spectrometer calibration. For the alkyl siloxanes, ion peaks are present, in decreasing relative abundance, at miz 73, 207, 281, 355, 429,... 

In general the ALOT column will have relatively high optimum carrier gas velocities due to the fast kinetics of the gas-solid adsorption mechanism and the relatively small compounds to be analyzed. This was also found on AlgOg coated fused silica columns where the optimum carrier gas velocity was found to be a factor 2.5 higher than with normal gas-llquid capillary chromatography. 

For the first time, an attempt has now been made to present a consistent treatment of gas-solid capillary chromatography. This technique employs an open-tubular column with a solid sorbent layer present on the inner wall. Capillary gas adsorption columns are now in routine laboratory use. They are important for analysing gases (including isotopes) and light volatile compounds in chemistry, chemical engineering, petrochemistry, medicine, pharmacy, food science, environmental pollution control, and many more. 

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