solvent delay


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저는 현재 gc-ms 헤드스페이스를 사용하여 분석하고 있습니다.
저는 메탄올에 희석한 표준 용액의 고정된 양을 10mL 증류수 바이알에 첨가하고 있습니다.
여기에 몇 가지 질문이 있습니다.

1. 용매 지연은 메탄올이나 증류수를 말하는 것인가요?
2. SIM 방법에서 용매의 이온 값을 입력하지 않았는데도 용매 피크가 나타나는 이유는 무엇인가요?
3. 용매와 대상( 염화비닐) 물질의 머무름 시간이 겹칩니다. 용매를 더 빨리 용출(또는 분리)할 방법이 있나요? (RT 1.4분)
4. 겹치는 물질이 용매가 아니라면 무엇이 문제일까요? 공백에도 같은 피크 면적이 나타납니다.

귀하의 답변을 부탁드립니다.

감사합니다.

/ oven

℃/min next ℃ hold time
35 4
10 230 1.5

 

- 공백 스펙트럼

- std1  스펙트럼

- 빈칸 + 표준 오버레이 스펙트럼

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  • Good day.

    I am currently analyzing using gc-ms headspace.

    I am adding a fixed amount of the standard solution diluted in methanol to 10mL distilled water vials.

    I have a few questions here.

    1.Does the solvent delay refer to methanol or distilled water?

    2. Why is the solvent peak appearing even though I did not input the ion value of the solvent in the SIM method?

    3. The retention time of the solvent and the target(vinyl chloride) substance are overlapping.

        Is there a way to elute the solvent faster (or separate them)?

    4. If the overlapping substance is not the solvent, what could be the problem?

        The same peak area appears in the blank as well.

    column : 5ms 0.25mm 250um

    oven 

    ℃/min next ℃ hold time
    35 4
    10 230 1.5

    I would appreciate your response. Thank you.

  • Solvent delay waits to turn on the filament until after the typically huge solvent peak has eluted with liquid injections.  Headspace injects an air sample, so the solvent delay needs to be long enough at the very least to allow that air peak to go through.  If there is appreciable water vapor it would be best to have the solvent delay wait until after the water has eluted as well. 

    There will typically be some baseline upset caused by inlet flow/pressure changes when the injection valve in the headspace switches or the CTC syringe plunger pushes in the sample.  This can sometimes look very much like a small peak.  The system response changes due to the flow change so this may even be seen in SIM. Anytime the system response changes, like when the solvent is eluting and the ion source is full of molecules that are not carrier gas, the baseline may be affected, even in SIM.

    How much water is in the 10 ml vials?  How much is the "fixed amount of the standard solution"?

    In Windows Explorer underneath your run method's subdirectory -- like VinylChloride.M -- is a file called   acqmeth.txt    .  Please share that file along with any other information you can provide about your system configuration and methodology including all of the headspace parameters.

  •                                INSTRUMENT CONTROL PARAMETERS:    GCMSD
                                   ---------------------------------------
    
          Mon Jul 08 13:06:39 2024
    
    Control Information
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    Injection Source  :  External Device
    Mass Spectrometer :  Enabled
    
    
     No Sample Prep method has been assigned to this method.
    
    =============================================================================
                                    6890 GC METHOD
    =============================================================================
    
    
    OVEN
       Initial temp:  35 'C (On)               Maximum temp:  325 'C
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       Ramps:
          #  Rate  Final temp  Final time
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       Post time:  0.00 min
       Run time:  25.00 min
    
    
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       Split flow:  5.0 mL/min
       Total flow:  8.6 mL/min
       Gas saver:  Off
       Gas type:  Helium
    
    
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       HP-5MS  5% Phenyl Methyl Siloxane
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       Nominal diameter:  250.00 um
       Nominal film thickness:  0.25 um
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       Nominal init pressure:  6.78 psi
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    FRONT DETECTOR (NO DET)                 BACK DETECTOR (NO DET)
    
    
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    THERMAL AUX 2
       Use:  MSD Transfer Line Heater
       Description:
       Initial temp:  280 'C (On)
       Initial time:  0.00 min
          #  Rate  Final temp  Final time
          1   0.0(Off)
    
    
                                            POST RUN
                                               Post Time: 0.00 min
    
    
    TIME TABLE
       Time       Specifier                     Parameter & Setpoint
    
    
    
    
                                   GC Injector
    
    
         Front Injector:
              Injector not configured, use these parameters if it becomes configured
            Sample Washes                 0
            Sample Pumps                  6
            Injection Volume           1.00 microliters
            Syringe Size               10.0 microliters
            PostInj Solvent A Washes      0
            PostInj Solvent B Washes      0
            Viscosity Delay               0 seconds
            Plunger Speed              Fast
    
         Back Injector:
    No parameters specified
    
     Column 1 Inventory Number : 19091S-433
     Column 2 Inventory Number :  
    
                                    MS ACQUISITION PARAMETERS
    
    
    General Information
    ------- -----------
    
    Tune File                : atune.u
    Acquistion Mode          : SIM
    
    
    MS Information
    -- -----------
    
    Solvent Delay            : 1.20 min
    
    EMV Mode                 : Gain Factor
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    Resulting EM Voltage     : 1424
    
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    Resolution               : Low
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    Resolution               : Low
    Group Start Time         : 1.56
    Plot 1 Ion               : 53.00
    Ions/Dwell In Group      (  Mass,  Dwell) (  Mass,  Dwell) (  Mass,  Dwell) 
                             ( 51.00,    100) ( 52.00,    100) ( 53.00,    100) 
    
    GROUP 3
    Group ID                 : 3
    Resolution               : Low
    Group Start Time         : 2.50
    Plot 1 Ion               : 70.00
    Ions/Dwell In Group      (  Mass,  Dwell) (  Mass,  Dwell) 
                             ( 70.00,    100) ( 96.00,    100) 
    
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    Group ID                 : 4
    Resolution               : Low
    Group Start Time         : 5.00
    Plot 1 Ion               : 117.00
    Ions/Dwell In Group      (  Mass,  Dwell) (  Mass,  Dwell) 
                             ( 82.00,    100) (117.00,    100) 
    
    GROUP 5
    Group ID                 : 5
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    Group Start Time         : 7.00
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    Ions/Dwell In Group      (  Mass,  Dwell) (  Mass,  Dwell) (  Mass,  Dwell) 
                             (171.00,    100) (173.00,    100) (175.00,    100) 
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                             (115.00,    100) (150.00,    100) (152.00,    100) 
    
    [MSZones]
    
    MS Source                : 230 C   maximum 250 C
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                                    END OF INSTRUMENT CONTROL PARAMETERS
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    The reason I set the split ratio to 5:1 is that the vinyl chloride peak was too small,

    so I had no choice but to reduce the split.

    Please take this into consideration and provide your advice.

    Thank you.

  • The GC inlet must have 20 ml/min or more total flow for good inlet pressure/flow control.  If the total flow is too low, air can actually diffuse into the system and the oxygen will damage the column.

    Using an Agilent Headspace Sampler the samples are swept out of the sample loop into the GC inlet by the total flow. If that flow is too low the sample transfer to the injection port takes a longer time. The splitting is not efficient at very low flows in the liner. The early eluting peaks will be very wide. The typical sample loop volume is 1 ml.  If the total flow is only 8.6 ml/min, the sample transfer onto the column takes 7 seconds.  At 20 ml/min the transfer takes only 3 seconds, so the peaks will be much narrower from that setpoint alone.

    An easy setpoint to help would be to increase the column flow to 1.2 or 1.4 ml/min, so even at low split ratios, the total flow volume is higher. Always tune at the run column flow setpoint.  This may require a longer oven temperature initial time, a slightly slower ramp rate, or a different column or column configuration.

    It's important to transfer the sample into the inlet quickly and to have high enough flow in the liner for decent splitting and inlet pressure/flow control.  Newer systems are designed to do this better.

    Try running with GAIN 2 or 3 or even a bit higher.  This increases the run electron multiplier voltage and so will increase the signal. It also increases the apparent noise, but in SIM that is typically negligible.

    Please share the headspace method parameters and an autotune report.

    It would also be good to run a blank using SCAN mode 15-350 to see what else is coming out.

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