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Acetaldehyde on GC-ECD

Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 8:49 am
by Pearl
How to run acetaldehyde sample on GC-ECD with derivitization done with 2,4-Dinitrophenylhydrazine?? Problems are specifically with the derivitization and the GC-ECD conditions..

Re: Acetaldehyde on GC-ECD

Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:39 pm
by mckrause
Why would you want to derivatize? ECD will see the oxygen in acetaldehyde with no problem. Try it underivatized first.