ASTM E260-96(2001)
(Practice)Standard Practice for Packed Column Gas Chromatography
Standard Practice for Packed Column Gas Chromatography
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1.1 This practice is intended to serve as a general guide to the application of gas chromatography (GC) with packed columns for the separation and analysis of vaporizable or gaseous organic and inorganic mixtures and as a reference for the writing and reporting of GC methods.
Note 1--This practice excludes any form of gas chromatography associated with open tubular (capillary) columns.
1.2 This standard does not purport to address all the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. Specific hazard statements are given in Section 8 and 9.1.3.
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Designation:E260–96(Reapproved 2001)
Standard Practice for
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Packed Column Gas Chromatography
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E260; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
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1. Scope CGA P-9 The Inert Gases: Argon, Nitrogen and Helium
CGAV-7 Standard Method of Determining Cylinder Valve
1.1 This practice is intended to serve as a general guide to
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Outlet Connections for Industrial Gas Mixtures
the application of gas chromatography (GC) with packed
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CGA P-12 Safe Handling of Cryogenic Liquids
columns for the separation and analysis of vaporizable or
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HB-3 Handbook of Compressed Gases
gaseous organic and inorganic mixtures and as a reference for
the writing and reporting of GC methods.
3. Terminology
NOTE 1—This practice excludes any form of gas chromatography
3.1 Terms and relations are defined in Practice E355 and
associated with open tubular (capillary) columns.
references therein.
1.2 This standard does not purport to address all the safety
4. Summary of Practice
concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility
of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and 4.1 Ablock diagram of the basic apparatus needed for a gas
health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory
chromatographic system is as shown in Fig. 1. An inert,
limitations prior to use.Specifichazardstatementsaregivenin pressure or flow-controlled carrier gas flowing at a measured
Section 8 and 9.1.3.
rate passes to the injection port or gas sample valve.Asample
isintroducedintotheinjectionport,whereitisvaporized,orif
2. Referenced Documents
gaseous, into a gas sample valve, and then swept into and
2.1 ASTM Standards:
through the column by the carrier gas. Passage through the
E355 Practice for Gas Chromatography Terms and Rela-
column separates the sample into its components. The effluent
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tionships
from the column passes to a detector where the response of
E516 Practice for Testing Thermal Conductivity Detectors
sample components is measured as they emerge from the
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Used in Gas Chromatography
column. The detector electrical output is relative to the
E594 Practice forTesting Flame Ionization Detectors Used
concentrationofeachresolvedcomponentandistransmittedto
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in Gas Chromatography
a recorder, or electronic data processing system, or both, to
E697 PracticeforUseofElectronCaptureDetectorsinGas
produce a record of the separation, or chromatogram, from
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Chromatography
which detailed analysis can be obtained. The detector effluent
E840 Practice for Using Flame Photometric Detectors in
must be vented to a hood if the effluent contains toxic
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Gas Chromatography
substances.
E1140 Practice for Testing Nitrogen/Phosphorus Thermi-
4.2 Gas chromatography is essentially a physical separation
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onicIonizationDetectorsforUseinGasChromatography
technique.Theseparationisobtainedwhenthesamplemixture
2.2 CGA Publications:
in the vapor phase passes through a column containing a
CGA P-1 Safe Handling of Compressed Gases in Contain-
stationary phase possessing special adsorptive properties. The
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ers
degree of separation depends upon the differences in the
CGAG-5.4 Standard for Hydrogen Piping Systems at Con-
distribution of volatile compounds, organic or inorganic, be-
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sumer Locations
tween a gaseous mobile phase and a selected stationary phase
that is contained in a tube or GC column. In gas-liquid
chromatography (GLC), the stationary phase is a nonvolatile
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This practice is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee E13 on Molecular
liquid or gum coated as a thin film on a finely-divided, inert
Spectroscopy and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E13.19 on Chroma-
supportofarelativelylargesurfacearea,andthedistributionis
tography.
Current edition approved April 10, 1996. Published June 1996. Originally
based on partition. The liquid phase should not react with, and
published as E260–65T. Last previous edition E260–96.
should have different partition coefficients for, the various
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 3.06.
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E260
FIG. 1 Block Diagram of a Basic Gas Chromatographic System
components in the sample. In gas-solid chromatography conductivitydetectors,eitherthepeakareasorthepeakheights
(GSC), the stationary phase is a finely divided solid adsorbent are proportional to the concentration
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