Presentation Profile
Improved characterisation of materials using pyrolysis with GC×GC‒TOF MS
Currently Scheduled: 10/12/2021 - 12:30 PM - 12:50 PM
Room: Daffodil Room
Main Author
Matthew Edwards - SepSolve Analytical
Abstract:
Pyrolysis coupled with GC‒MS (Py‒GC‒MS) has been widely adopted for materials characterisation, in order to provide important compositional and structural information without the need for sample pre-treatment.
However, the resulting chromatograms (or pyrograms) are often extremely complex, meaning multiple coelutions are observed when using conventional 1DGC.
Here, we demonstrate how pyrolysis coupled with two-dimensional gas chromatography and time-of-flight mass spectrometry (Py–GC×GC–TOF MS) can be used for quality control of consumer products, including tyres, plastics and paper.
