TY - JOUR
T1 - Simultaneous element-selective detection of C, F, Cl, Br, and I by capillary gas chromatography coupled with microplasma mass spectrometry
AU - Brede, Cato
AU - Lundanes, Elsa
AU - Greibrokk, Tyge
AU - Pedersen-Bjergaard, Stig
PY - 1998/1/1
Y1 - 1998/1/1
N2 - Simultaneous element-selective detection of the halogens and carbon was accomplished with capillary gas chromatography coupled with microplasma mass spectrometry. The microplasma ion source was a radio frequency plasma contained inside the last 4-5 cm of the 0.32 mm i.d. fused silica capillary column. The ion source was located inside the high vacuum housing of the MS, and only the GC carrier gas (2.3 mL min-1 of helium) was used for plasma generation. Atomic ions were detected in the positive mode. Detection limits were in the low picogram area, and the selectivity to carbon ranged from 8 x 102 for fluorine to higher than 104 for the other halogens. By introduction of both hydrogen and oxygen as reagent gases, peak tailing was avoided by suppression of analyte reactions with the silica walls of the ion source. Special attention was given to the fluorine-selective detection due to an interfering background species at m/z 19, assumed to be H3O+ originating from the reagent gases. The background signal was minimized by careful control of the power level.
AB - Simultaneous element-selective detection of the halogens and carbon was accomplished with capillary gas chromatography coupled with microplasma mass spectrometry. The microplasma ion source was a radio frequency plasma contained inside the last 4-5 cm of the 0.32 mm i.d. fused silica capillary column. The ion source was located inside the high vacuum housing of the MS, and only the GC carrier gas (2.3 mL min-1 of helium) was used for plasma generation. Atomic ions were detected in the positive mode. Detection limits were in the low picogram area, and the selectivity to carbon ranged from 8 x 102 for fluorine to higher than 104 for the other halogens. By introduction of both hydrogen and oxygen as reagent gases, peak tailing was avoided by suppression of analyte reactions with the silica walls of the ion source. Special attention was given to the fluorine-selective detection due to an interfering background species at m/z 19, assumed to be H3O+ originating from the reagent gases. The background signal was minimized by careful control of the power level.
KW - Capillary gas chromatography
KW - Element-selective detection
KW - Microplasma mass spectrometry
KW - Radio frequency plasma
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U2 - 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4168(19981201)21:12<633::AID-JHRC633>3.0.CO;2-I
DO - 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4168(19981201)21:12<633::AID-JHRC633>3.0.CO;2-I
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:0031796103
SN - 0935-6304
VL - 21
SP - 633
EP - 639
JO - HRC Journal of High Resolution Chromatography
JF - HRC Journal of High Resolution Chromatography
IS - 12
ER -