Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry facility : recent improvements and applications
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https://hdl.handle.net/1912/10393DOI
10.1575/1912/10393Keyword
Gas chromatography; Mass spectrometryAbstract
Marine organic and organic geochemical studies require the best available
performance in trace analysis of organic compounds in environmental samples.
This report briefly outlines some of the recent improvements in the experimental
capabilities of the Chemistry Department Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
Facility (GC/MS Facility) from a user-oriented and non-technical viewpoint.
These improvements include principally the interfacing of high performance glass
capillary columns with Finnigan 1015 and 3200 quadrupole mass spectrometers, and
the adaptation of the latter for use with selective chemical ionization (CI)
techniques. Some of the new capabilities available using combined glass capillary
GC/EI-MS and CI-MS are illustrated with examples from research in several
areas of marine organic chemistry. These include studies of volatile organics
in seawater, the distributions of various lipid class compounds in marine phytoplankton,
sediments and particulate matter, and the behavior of anthropogenic
pollutants in natural and artificial marine ecosystems.
Suggested Citation
Frew, N. M., & Sawdo, R. M. (1980). Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry facility: recent improvements and applications. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/10393Related items
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