Sample packing

Select mobile phases for HPSEC based on their ability to dissolve the sample and their compatibility with the column. Zorbax PSM columns are compatible with a wide variety of organic and aqueous mobile phases (Table 3.4), but analysts should avoid aqueous mobile phases with a pH greater than 8.5. As mentioned earlier, select mobile phases that minimize adsorption between samples and silica-based packings. Sample elution from the column after the permeation volume indicates that adsorption has occurred. If adsorption is observed or suspected, select a mobile phase that will be more strongly adsorbed onto the silica surface than the sample. For example, N,N-dimethyl-formamide (DMF) is often used for polyurethanes and polyacrylonitrile because it eliminates adsorption and dissolves the polymers. When aqueous mobile phases are required, highly polar macromolecules such as Carbowax can be used to coat the silica surface and eliminate adsorption. Table 3.5 provides a list of recommended mobile-phase conditions for some common polymers. 

A sample loop, having a capacity of 400 pi, was filled with the serum which was displaced by 2 ml of normal saline onto the packed sample loop. The loop was then washed with a further 2 ml of saline followed by 2 ml of water and the placed in line with the solvent flow and the program initiated. The chromatogram obtained is shown in figure 6. 

Life-size" M.P. tube with packed sample... 

Autosampler or injector—replace rotor seal in injector valve or high-pressure needle seal pack, sampling needle, and sampling syringe. 

Fig. 9. Magnetic field dependence of spin-lattice relaxation rates of acetone embedded in packed samples of calibrated porous glass beads with pore diameter of 75 A for several temperatures. The solid lines are best fits to the theory (66).

The onset of thermal diffusion depends on the gas concentrations, the sample surface area, the rate at which the sample cools to bath temperature, and the packing efficiency of the powder. In many instances, using a conventional sample cell, surface areas less than 0.1 m can be accurately measured on well-packed samples that exhibit small interparticle void volume. The use of the micro cell (Fig. 15.10b) is predicated on the latter of these observations. Presumably, by decreasing the available volume into which the lighter gas can settle, the effects of thermal diffusion can be minimized. Although small sample quantities are used with a micro cell, thermal conductivity detectors are sufficiently sensitive to give ample signal. 

Several factors influence TGA data. Sample size and shape affect the rate and efficiency of decomposition. Powdered versus solid bulk samples will have different decomposition profiles due to the differing surface areas from which exiting decomposition products can leave the sample and be registered as mass losses. Similarly, the packing of the sample in the pan must be even and reproducible from run to run. Loosely distributed particles will heat more evenly and evolve volatilized products more evenly than mounded or densely packed samples. This can be especially important when looking at determinations of residual solvents, moisture or diffusion controlled losses such as plasticizer in the samples. 

Testing should cease at the appropriate depth of compression of the packed sample. 

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The reactant gases all flow through the packed sample bed. 

Saito, Y., Ueta, I., Ogawa, M., Jinno, K. Simultaneous derivatization/preconcentration of volatile aldehydes with a miniaturized fiber-packed sample preparation device designed for gas chromatographic analysis. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 386, 725-732 (2006)... 

This is used for the preparative scale separation of mixtures of compounds. There are many variations in detail of equipment and technique such as column type, column packing, sample application and fraction collection, many of which are a matter of personal choice and apparatus available. Typical arrangements are shown in Fig. 32.15 and for a detailed description of all these variations you should consult the specialist texts such as Errington (1997, p. 163), Harwood et al. (2000, p. 175) and Furniss et al. (1989, p. 209). 

Another application of NIR in the analysis of clinical batches was published in 1994 by Aldridge et al. [32], A NIRSystems Model 6500 spectrometer with a custom sampling configuration was used for spectral collection from the blister-packed samples. 

Carefully fill and tightly pack your sample tube with either reference compound, your ligand, or your metal complex. Critical to a proper reading for R. your sample must be well-powdered and tightly packed. Sample lengths (L) are typically 2.5-3.5 cm. 

Figure 2 For packed samples of crushed ice particles, (a) Temperature dependence of the dielectric relaxation time rand (h) Cole-Cole plots of the sample (after 400 h of annealing at -1 °C, 2-4 mm particle size, 536 kg/m packed density) at -10 °C. The dielectric dispersion is of the Davidson-Cole type (a=0.97, f=0.85).

Entirely enclosed column systems have also been proposed to reduce contamination, personal errors, and contact of the packed sample with atmospheric oxygen (anoxic conditions), whereby undesired decomposition of reduced mineral phases and oxidation of reduced water constituents are prevented (Wisotzky and... 

Conversion in nitroaromatic compound (packing sample in glass tube between glass-wood plugs, passing reagent gas through tube for 3 to 5 seconds) analysis for nitroaromatic compound... 

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