Analyte
- Undecomposed vaporizable sample mixtures
- Substances with a boiling point below 400°C and molecular mass under 500 g/mol
- Gaseous, liquid und solid samples
Equipment
2 Capillary-Gas Chromatographs (Agilent Technologies)
- GC HP 6890 with Flame ionization detector FID
- GC HP 6890 with Mass Selective Detector MSD HP 5973 with electron impact und chemical ionization
Sampling systems
- Automatic liquid sampler
- Cooled injection system (Gerstel)
- Headspace-injector HS 40 (Perkin Elmer)
- Pyrolyzer
Evaluation methods and targets
- Separation of sample mixtures
- Qualitative and quantitative detection of the single components
- Calibration with reference substance as intern and extern standards
- Identification of substances by comparing unknown spectra with spectra of a mass spectral library
Application examples
- Determination of methyl ester end groups in polyesters after hydrazinolysis
- Investigation of polyester composition after methanolysis
- TVOC-determination of organic emission after VDA277 with Headspace-GC
- Test of epichlorohydrin and by-products in cationic starch
Contact
Dr. Hendrik Wetzel
Research devision
Biopolymers
Phone +49 (0) 331/ 568-1604
Fax +49 (0) 331/ 568-3110
Email Hendrik.Wetzel@iap.fraunhofer.de
Research devision
Biopolymers
Phone +49 (0) 331/ 568-1604
Fax +49 (0) 331/ 568-3110
Email Hendrik.Wetzel@iap.fraunhofer.de