QUESTION

1. State the types of compounds which are suitable for analysis using GC.
Compounds that suitable for analysis using GC is organic and inorganic compounds which are
volatile analytes with a boiling point up to 400 C.

2. Why is FID a suitable detector for this analysis?

FIDs are frequently applied in portable gas chromatographs, which are used to separate and
analyse substances that may be vaporised without decomposing. It is sensitive and capable of
detecting hydrocarbon compound and has wide measuring range hence, changes in carrier gas
flow rate have little effect on the detector response.

3. List two factors which can increase the efficiency of a GC column.

Two factors that can increase the efficiency of GC column are column plate number and column
temperature.

CONCLUSION

Based on the result, the retention times tr n-butanol is 6.733 minutes and 2-propanol is
3.027 minutes. From the results of retention time of n-butanol and 2-propanol the components
present in a standard mixture can be identified by comparing with the closer retention time. The first
retention time in standard mixture is 2.997 minutes which can be identified as 2-propanol while the
second retention time is 6.557 minutes can be identified as n-butanol. There is only on component
present identified in an unknown sample for this experiment , which is n-butanol with the retention
time of 6.736 minutes. Lastly , from the retention time, t r of standard mixture the effect of
temperature on tr and Rs could be determined. In 70 C the resolution of standard mixture is lower
than resolution of standard temperature in 100 C and 140 C . In conclusion, it is proven that the
higher the temperature of compounds , the shorter the resolution of two components.

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