Limits of Identification Using VUV Spectroscopy Applied to C8H18 Isomers Isolated by GC×GC
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2023-03-01
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Abstract:The vacuum ultraviolet detector for gas chromatography can be used to identify structural differences between isomers with similar chromatographic elution times, which adds detail to characterization, valuable for prescreening of sustainable aviation fuel candidates. Although this capability has been introduced elsewhere, vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy for saturated hydrocarbons has been examined minimally, as the similarities between their spectra are much less significant than their aromatic counterparts. The fidelity with which structural differences can be identified has been unclear. In this work, all possible structural isomers of C8H18 are measured and determined to have unambiguously unique vacuum ultraviolet spectra. Using a statistically based residual comparison approach, the concentration limits at which the spectral differences are interpretable are tested in both a controlled study and a real fuel application. The concentration limit at which the spectral differences between C8H18 isomers are unambiguous is below 0.40% by mass and less than 0.20% with human discretion in our experimental configuration.
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Content Notes:This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Please cite this article as: Bell DC, Feldhausen J, Spieles AJ, Boehm RC, Heyne JS. Limits of identification using VUV spectroscopy applied to C8H18 isomers isolated by GC×GC. Talanta. 2023 Jun 1;258:124451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2023.124451
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