Measurement of Chiral POPs

3 Measuring and Quantifying Enantiomer composition of POPs 4.3.1 Measurement of Chiral POPs 

Despite the long recognition of chirality in POPs, it has only been fairly recently that studies of chiral POPs have been possible, after the introduction of analytical technology for stereoisomer separation by enantioselective gas chromatography (GC), high performance liquid 

Of additional benefit to enantioselective POP separations is the quantification of enantiomer compositions in standardized reference materials, available from sources such as the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Environment Canada [105, 106]. Such materials are intended for quality assurance/quality control in sample processing and instrumental analysis of their respective matrices, and enantiomer quantification extends this use to enantioselective studies. 

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