Gas Chromatography with Glass Capillary Columns

PrefaceChapter 1 Introduction 1.1 General Considerations 1.2 Theory of the Chromatographic Process 1.3 Separation of Components ReferencesChapter 2 The Glass Capillary Column 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Surface Pretreatments ReferencesChapter 3 Column Coating 3.1 General Considerations 3.2 Dynamic Techniques 3.3 Static Techniques 3.4 PLOT and SCOT Columns 3.5 Bonded Phases 3.6 Packed Capillary and Micropacked Columns ReferencesChapter 4 Inlet Systems 4.1 General Considerations 4.2 Precolumn Concentration 4.3 Splitless Injection 4.4 Inlet Splitters ReferencesChapter 5 Column Installation 5.1 General Considerations 5.2 Unitized Assemblies 5.3 Make-Up Gas 5.4 Initial Evaluation ReferencesChapter 6 Measuring Column Efficiency 6.1 General Considerations 6.2 Separation Number, Trennzahl (TZ) 6.3 Other Concepts of Column Performance ReferencesChapter 7 Treatment of Retention Data 7.1 General Considerations 7.2 Calculation of the Hold-up Volume, tM 7.3 The Kovats Retention Index System, I 7.4 Effects of Temperature on I 7.5 Other Retention Systems 7.6 Retention Data as Identification Criteria ReferencesChapter 8 Temperature Programming and Carrier Flow Considerations 8.1 General Considerations 8.2 Special Problems with Capillary Systems 8.3 Optimum Practical Gas Velocity 8.4 Retention Temperature and Analysis Time versus Program and Flow Rates ReferencesChapter 9 Column Stability 9.1 General Considerations 9.2 Effects of Temperature 9.3 Effect of Injection Size and Sample Composition 9.4 Salvaging Columns ReferencesChapter 10 Column Selection 10.1 General Comments 10.2 The Rohrschneider Concept of Polarity 10.3 Other Methods of Selection 10.4 Role of Column Efficiency ReferencesChapter 11 Sample Preparation 11.1 General Considerations 11.2 Headspace Concentrates versus Total Volatile Analysis 11.3 Direct Headspace Analysis 11.4 General Considerations on Methods of Isolation and Concentration 11.5 Distillation 11.6 Freeze Concentration 11.7 Extraction 11.8 Zone Refining 11.9 Adsorptive Methods 11.10 Porous Polymer Absorption ReferencesChapter 12 Analysis of Materials of Restricted Volatility 12.1 General Comments 12.2 Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography 12.3 Silylation 12.4 Silylation Methods ReferencesChapter 13 Applications of Glass Capillary Gas Chromatography 13.1 Introduction 13.2 Air and Smoke Analyses 13.3 Amino Acid Analysis 13.4 Drug and Pharmaceuticals 13.5 Fatty Acid Analysis 13.6 Food and Beverage Analysis 13.7 Pesticides 13.8 Saccharide Analysis 13.9 Steroid Analysis 13.10 Miscellaneous ReferencesAppendix I NomenclatureAppendix II Liquid PhasesAppendix III Porous Polymer DataAppendix IV Silylation and Derivatization ReactionsIndex