On-Line LC-GC Coupling – A New Method for the Determination of Alkylphenols in Environmental Samples

Abstract

App Note 1/1998

This paper describes an online LC-GC coupling system that allows fractions from an LC eluant stream to be transferred to a standard GC system. A large volume sampler equipped with a flow-cell takes a fraction of the eluant and introduces it into a PTV using the solvent venting/stop-flow technique. Sample volumes between 10 and 1000 μL can be injected. It will be demonstrated that this system permits the determination of alkylphenolethoxylates (APEOs) and their degradation products, at ultra-trace levels in water, sludge and biological matrices.