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JOURNAL OF SEPARATION SCIENCE
Volume 38, Issue 20, Pages 3560-3567Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/jssc.201500158
Keywords
Automated solid-phase microextraction; Multifiber exchange system; On-site analysis; SPME
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- Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Supelco
- Gerstel
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Until recently, multiple solid-phase microextraction fibers could not be automatically desorbed in a single gas chromatographic sequence without manual intervention from an operator. This drawback had been a critical issue, particularly during the analysis of numerous on-site samples taken with various fiber assemblies. Recently, a Multi-Fiber Exchange system, designed to overcome this flaw found in other commercially available autosamplers, was released. In the current research, a critical evaluation of the Multi-Fiber Exchange system performance in terms of storage stability and long-term operation is presented. It was established in the course of our research that the Multi-Fiber Exchange system can operate continuously and precisely for multiple extraction/injection cycles. However, when the effect of residence time of commercial fibers on the Multi-Fiber Exchange tray was evaluated, results showed that among the evaluated fiber coatings, Carboxen/polydimethylsiloxane was the only coating capable of efficient storage on the tray for up to 24 h after field sampling without suffering significant loss of analytes (<= 10% for benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, o-xylene, decane, and limonene). Additionally, the system capability for high-throughput analysis was demonstrated by the unattended desorption of multiple fibers after on-site sampling of toluene, indoor air levels, in a polymer synthesis lab.
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