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Sep. & Spec.

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Types of Chromatography   Adsorption (stick to surface), Partition (liquid phase bound to solid), Ion exchange, Molecular Exclusion, Affinity  
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Chromatogram   plot of detector signal vs. time  
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Retention time   How long a compound is retained in the solid/stat. phase. tr= tm + ts  
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Resolution   in chromatograph good resolution means good sep. of peaks (no overlap) and sharp  
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Dead Time   The time it takes for a non-retained analyte to move through  
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Avg. linear velocity   L/tm = u  
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Selectivity Factor   Way to measure peak sep. = Tra - Tm/Trb - Tm  
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Peak Broadening   Longitudinal Diffusion, mass transfer, diff. paths, fronting or tailing  
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Column Efficiency   Theoretical plates (N) = 16(tr/w)2  
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Factors affecting column efficiency   Linear velocity of mobile phase, diffusion coeffiecient in mobile phase, diffusion coefficient in stat. phase, retention factor, diameter of solid particles, capillary columns (thinner is usually better)  
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Increase efficiency   Change solvent system, faster push through, column length longer  
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Gas Chromatography   Injector, column, detector. GC separates based on 2 things - boiling point and polarity  
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Flame Ionization GC detector (FID)   read current flow as analyte hits flame burning gas and air, very sensitive, most organics  
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Thermal Conductivity Detector (TCD)   universal and good for inert gases, wire is sensitive to temperature changes, measure current flow through the wire, resistance changes as temp changes  
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Electron capture detector (ECD)   very sensitive, very specific for halogens, nitrates, nitirles, peroxides, some organometallic compounds. Creates ions and measures electricity flow  
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(PID) - Photoionization detector   Light causes electrons to be removed, creates ions; current flows between electrodes, good for volatile organic cmpds  
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GC/MS   Mass spectrometer can give definite identification of a molecule; lines correspond to mass  
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HPLC   High - Performance liquid chromatography - non - destructive and handles high boiling point analytes (large organics, peptides, etc)  
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HPLC system   pump, injector, precolumn, detector; thin tubing affects retention times and minimizes diffusion  
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Common HPLC Detectors   Uv-vis, diode array, fluorescence, mass spec, refractive index  
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Solvents for HPLC   Water, CH3OH, acetonitrile, 1%Ch3COOH or salts; separation is very sensitive to solvent polarity  
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Isocratic   solvent composition remains constant for entire separation  
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Gradient   solvent composition during the separation cahnges  
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Reverse Phase HPLC   column is less polar C18; solvent = mobile phase is more polar; analyte movement is based on polarity, polar solvents tend to increase pressure  
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Spectroscopy   using light to study chemicals; light absorbance or emission  
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Light regions   400-700 (visible), 50-400 (UV), 7000-50,000 (IR), microwaves - longer wavelengths, xray (<50)  
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UV-Vis instrument   Lamp, monochromator, beam splitter sends light to sample and reference, chopper makes sure both don't hit the detector at once, PMT, amplifier, display  
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Limitations to UV-vis   Analyte must absorb in 190-800 nm range, can't be too concentrated, no structural info., slow if scanning samples  
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Speed up UV-Vis   Diode array detector - move the monochromater into the detector use photodiodes to detect all the wavelengths  
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Bandwidth   wider slits give more light on the sample but allows a wider range of wavelengths to reach the detector (lose resolution); higher intensity = less resolving power; narrower slits give lower intensity and better resolution  
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PMTs   photo multiplier tubes - light hits surface and wire is at +80 volts, when photons hit the electrons willb e ejected and this creates a current  
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Kinetics   zero order - reactant conc. has no effect on the rxn rate; 1st order - 1 reactant conc. controls the rxn rate; 2nd order - 2nd order in 1 reactant, relies on conc. squared or 1st order with 2 reactants, hold one constant and change other  
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Fluorescence   photon emission in the singlet state  
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phosphorescence   relatively long life time, flips spin and then comes back down to ground state longer than fluorescence  
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vibrational relaxation   dropping down the vibrational states  
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advantages to fluor/phos   very sensitive, very selective (also a disadvantage since only some molecules do this)  
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Fluor/Phos instrument   xeon arc lamp, excitation mono to ref. and sample, then a 90 degree turn in the sample to an emission mono, then to PMT  
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NMR   a form of absorption spectrometry under certain conditions in a mag. field; a sample can absorb rf radiation which depends on the nuclei in the molecule  
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NMR instrument   something emits rf and something detects it; plot intensity vs. ppm shift; res. increases as magnetic strength increases  
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Chemical shift NMR   a completely shielded nucleus, TMS used to 0 the instrument; shift depends on the electron environment around the proton  
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Beer's law   A=Ebc E= molar absortivity, b= path length, c = concentration  
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Relation between wavelength and frequency   frequency x wavelength = speed of light  
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Transmittance   A = -logT  
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