Variable

Value

Variable

Value

Purge-trap:

 

 

 

Trap

Tenax

GC start

Start of desorb

Valve oven temperature

140°C

Desorb preheat temperature

175°C

Transfer line temperature

140°C

Desorb temperature

180°C

Sample mount temperature

90°C

Desorb drain

On

Sample preheat time

1 min

Desorb time

3 min

Sample temperature

80°C

Bake time

15 min

Purge time

11 min

Bake temperature

200°C

Purge temperature: Trap

20°C

Bake flow

200 mL/min

Purge flow

40 mL/min

Water management fitting : At Bake: temperature

240°C

Water management fitting:
At Purge: temperature

120°C

Water management fitting:
At Desorb: temperature

0°C

 

 

Dry purge time

3.00 min.

GC-MS:

 

 

 

GC

 

MS

 

Oven:

 

Mode

EI/SIM, SCAN

Helium gas flow

1 mL/min

Electron energy

70 ev

Initial temperature/time

40°C/3 min

Emission current

34.6 µA

Ramp rate 1

5°C/min

EMV mode

Gain Factor/Atune

Final temperature 1/final time 1

160°/2 min

Gain Factor

25.00

Ramp rate 2

20°C/min

Transfer line temperature

280°C

Final temperature 2/final time 2

280°C/5 min

Source temperatureb

230°C

Injector:

 

Quadrupole temperature

150°C

Heater

200°C

Solvent delayc

7.5 min

Pressure

9.1473 psi

 

 

Total flow

4.8 mL/min

Scan parameters:

 

Septum purge flow

Off

Low mass

40.0

Injector mode

Pulsed (23 psi),
Split (3 min)

High mass

200.0

Injection volume

1 uLa

Threshold

0

Split ratio

3:1

Sample #

2 A/D samples 4

Split flow

3.6 mL/min

 

 

a Liquid auto sampler
b Default; varied up to 350°C maximum
c SIM mode
Table 2: Purge-and-trap and GC-MS instrument parameters.