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Problem with CAR/DVB/PDMS fiber conditioning

Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 8:33 pm
by Francy87
Hello!
I'm really newbie in GC/MS analysis. I want to carry out a SPME extraction using a CAR/DVB/PDMS fiber.
I conditioned it at 270C for 1h as suggested in the instructions, but I still haven't a "blank", I mean I still have a lot of peaks whose spectra are identified as siloxanes or silanes, so clearly due to a fiber release.
Have anyone had a similar problem?
Do I need to repeat the conditioning step or do it for a longer time?

Thanks!

Re: Problem with CAR/DVB/PDMS fiber conditioning

Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 3:18 pm
by MSCHemist
I always get siloxanes when I do SPME I pretty much just live with it.