Nanostructured Silver Coating as a Stationary Phase for Capillary Gas Chromatography
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Characterization of the Silver Capillary Column
2.2. Investigation of the Flow Rate
2.3. Characterization of the Polarity of Silver Column
2.4. Chromatographic Separation of the Silver Column
2.4.1. Separation of Alkanes
2.4.2. Separation of Alcohols
2.4.3. Separation of Benzenes
2.4.4. Separation of the Grob Mixture
2.4.5. Separation of Different Types of Compounds
2.4.6. Repeatability of Chromatographic Separation
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Materials and Reagents
3.2. Apparatus
3.3. Preparation of the Silver Column
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Compounds | Boiling Point | Chemical Structure | Column Efficiency (Plates m−1) | Resolution |
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n-Hexane | 68.74 | 12013 | ---- | |
n-Heptane | 98.5 | 5657 | 1.26 | |
n-Butyl bromide | 101.6 | 8864 | 1.09 | |
n-Octane | 125.8 | 14847 | 3.31 | |
p-Xylene | 138.5 | 2847 | 2.58 | |
o-Xylene | 144.4 | 11131 | 0.43 | |
Cyclohexanone | 155.6 | 1103 | 2.80 | |
Benzaldehyde | 179 | 6493 | 0.77 | |
1-Bromooctane | 201 | 17142 | 1.34 | |
n-dodecane | 213 | 74679 | 2.63 | |
Benzyl alcohol | 205.4 | 9754 | 3.30 | |
1-Bromododecane | 276 | 110382 | 6.57 |
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Jiang, Q.; Xu, P.; Feng, J.; Sun, M. Nanostructured Silver Coating as a Stationary Phase for Capillary Gas Chromatography. Molecules 2019, 24, 4491. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24244491
Jiang Q, Xu P, Feng J, Sun M. Nanostructured Silver Coating as a Stationary Phase for Capillary Gas Chromatography. Molecules. 2019; 24(24):4491. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24244491
Chicago/Turabian StyleJiang, Qiong, Peng Xu, Juanjuan Feng, and Min Sun. 2019. "Nanostructured Silver Coating as a Stationary Phase for Capillary Gas Chromatography" Molecules 24, no. 24: 4491. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24244491