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petroleum ether analysis

Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:06 pm
by ricky1979
was hoping someone could help. what are the advantages of using GC over HPLC in analysis of petroleum ethers.

Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:18 pm
by Ron
Look up the composition of petroleum ether and the answer should be easy if you consider the types of compounds each technique works well for.

Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:33 pm
by Jumpshooter
Pet ether is volatile, so should be OK for GC testing.

Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:39 pm
by ricky1979
thanks for ur response.

I know that obviously because the pet. ethers are volatile GC would be the better option i was wondering though if there were any other advantages to using this over HPLC :)

Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:55 pm
by tom jupille
How would you detect petroleum ethers by GC?
How would you detect them by HPLC?

Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 7:46 am
by Peter Apps
How complex a mixture is petroleum ether ?

How much resolution do you get from capillary GC vs (packed column) HPLC ?

Peter