Chromatographia

, Volume 80, Issue 1, pp 151–156 | Cite as

Determination of Gaseous Formic and Acetic Acids by a Needle-Type Extraction Device coupled to a Gas Chromatography-Barrier Discharge Ionization Detector

  • Ikuo Ueta
  • Yohei Nakamura
  • Koji Fujimura
  • Susumu Kawakubo
  • Yoshihiro Saito
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Abstract

Gaseous formic acid (FA) and acetic acid (AA) were concentrated by a needle-type extraction device, and the extracted analytes were determined using a gas chromatography-barrier discharge ionization detector. An activated carbon particle showed good extraction/desorption performance for FA and AA. The limit of quantification for FA and AA was 900 and 180 ng L−1 at sample volumes of 100 mL, and 150 and 30 ng L−1 at a sample volume of 600 mL, respectively. The storage performance of the analytes in the extraction needle was quantitatively evaluated at different temperatures, and the applicability of the proposed method to determine FA and AA in air samples was demonstrated.

Keywords

Formic acid Acetic acid Needle-type extraction device GC-BID 
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Acknowledgements

This research was financially supported by Shimadzu Science Foundation, and JSPS KAKENHI (Grant Number 15K1785).

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Conflict of interest

All authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of Applied ChemistryUniversity of YamanashiKofuJapan
  2. 2.Shinwa Chemical Industries Ltd.KyotoJapan
  3. 3.Department of Environmental and Life SciencesToyohashi University of TechnologyToyohashiJapan

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