BASIE GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY HAROLD M. McNAIR © JAMES M. MILLERTECHNIQUES IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY SERIES BAKER + CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS CUNNINGHAM + INTRODUCTION TO BIOSENSORS, LACOURSE + PULSED ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTORS IN HPLC MCNAIR AND MILLER + BASIC GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY METCALF + APPLIED pH AND CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS MIRABELLA + MODERN TECHNIQUES IN APPLIED MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY SCHULMAN and SHARMA + INTRODUCTION TO MOLECULAR LUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY STEWART and EBEL +» CHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS TAYLOR + SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION Basic Gas Chromatography HAROLD M. MeNAIR, Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University JAMES M. MILLER, Ph.D. Drew University ® ‘A Wiley-Interscience Publication JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. New York + Chichester + Weinheim + Brisbane + Singapore + TorontoCover: GC photograph reprinted by permission of J&W Scientific, Inc. Photograph appeared on the cover of LC/GC magazine, May 1997. This text is printed on acid-free paper. @ Copyright © 1998 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Published simultaneously in Canada. Reproduction or translation of any part of this work beyond that permitted by Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act without the permission of the copyright owner is unlawful. Requests for permission or further information should be addressed to the Permissions Department John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158-0012, Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data: McNair, Harold Monroe, 1933- Basic pas chromatography / Harold M. McNair, James M. Miller P.__cm.—(Techniques in analytical chemistry series) “A Wiley-Interscience publication.” Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-471-17260-X (alk. paper).—ISBN 0-471-17261-8 (pbk alk. paper) 1. Gas chromatography. 1. Miller, James M., 1933- ML Title. “IIL Series QD79.C45Ma25_ 1997 543 .0896—de21 9718151 cp Printed in the United States of America W9876543 Contents Series Preface Preface 1 Introduction A Brief History Definitions Overview: Advantages and Disadvantages Instrumentation 2 Instrument Overview Carrier Gas Flow Control and Measurement ample Inlets and Sampling Devices Columns Temperature Zones Detectors Data Systems 3 Basic Concepts and Terms Definitions, Terms, and Symbols Bou» 14 1s 7 20 24 25 27 27 29 29