Analytical chemistry

Temperature-dependent electron capture detector response to common alternative fluorocarbons

SR Sousa, SE Bialkowski

Index: Sousa, Sonia R.; Bialkowski, Stephen E. Analytical Chemistry, 1997 , vol. 69, # 19 p. 3871 - 3878

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Abstract

The relative electron capture detector (ECD) response to alternative fluorocarbons (AFCs) using gas chromatography are found to be at least 1 order of magnitude lower than that for CFC-12. Detection limits for the chlorofluorocarbons CFC-12, HCFC-22, HCFC-123, and HCFC-124 are found to be 2.5, 90, 30, and 90 pg, respectively. Those for the hydrofluorocarbons are significantly poorer; 14 and 45 ng for HFC-125 and HFC-134a, ...