For Laboratory Analyses and On-Line Process Control

Georges Guiochon and Claude L. Guillemin (Eds.)0444428577, 9780444428578

Here is an invaluable new book on quantitative gas chromatography which explains how the method can – or should – be used for accurate and precise analysis. Gas chromatography is firmly established as one of the few major methods for the quantitative analysis of complex mixtures. It is fast, accurate and inexpensive, with a broad range of applications. It has however become very complex and involved: over 200 stationary phases, more than 10 detector principles and several very different column types are available from among the catalogs of over 100 manufacturers and major retailers. The progressive changes in the nature of gas chromatography have created new needs for information which are not satisfied by the literature presently available. This book provides a complete discussion of all the problems involved in the achievement of quantitative analysis by gas chromatography, whether in the research laboratory, in the routine analysis laboratory or in process control. For this reason the presentation of theoretical concepts has been limited to the essential, while extensive explanations have been devoted to the various steps involved in the derivation of precise and accurate data.

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Table of contents :
Content:
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Page iii

Copyright Page
Page iv

Dedication
Page vi

Foreword
Pages xi-xii

Chapter 1 Introduction and Definitions
Pages 1-34

Chapter 2 Fundamentals of the Chromatographic Process Flow of Gases through Chromatographic Columns
Pages 35-54

Chapter 3 Fundamentals of the Chromatographic Process The Thermodynamics of Retention in Gas Chromatography
Pages 55-92

Chapter 4 Fundamentals of the Chromatographic Process Chromatographic Band Broadening
Pages 93-126

Chapter 5 Fundamentals of the Chromatographic Process Column Overloading
Pages 127-152

Chapter 6 Methodology Optimization of the Experimental Conditions of a Chromatographie Separation Using Packed Columns
Pages 153-210

Chapter 7 Methodology Advanced Packed Columns
Pages 211-245

Chapter 8 Methodology Open Tubular Columns
Pages 247-317

Chapter 9 Methodology Gas Chromatographic Instrumentation
Pages 319-391

Chapter 10 Methodology Detectors for Gas Chromatography
Pages 393-480

Chapter 11 Qualitative Analysis By Gas Chromatography The Use of Retention Data
Pages 481-529

Chapter 12 Qualitative Analysis Hyphenated Techniques
Pages 531-562

Chapter 13 Quantitative Analysis By Gas Chromatography Basic Problems, Fundamental Relationships, Measurement of the Sample Size
Pages 563-586

Chapter 14 Quantitative Analysis By Gas Chromatography Response Factors. Determination. Accuracy and Precision
Pages 587-627

Chapter 15 Quantitative Analysis By Gas Chromatography Measurement of Peak Area and Derivation of Sample Composition
Pages 629-659

Chapter 16 Quantitative Analysis By Gas Chromatography Sources of Errors, Accuracy and Precision of Chromatographic Measurements
Pages 661-687

Chapter 17 Applications to Process Control Analysis
Pages 689-740

Appendix Chromatography Lexicon
Pages 741-768

Subject index
Pages 769-793

Journal of Chromatography Library
Pages 795-797