Sensitive determination of cyanide in cigarette smoke by capillary GC with a microECD

  • Juan Xu
  • , Hongwu Tong
  • , Xiangyang Yan
  • , Shan Du
  • , Zhongda Yao
  • , Shaomin Liu*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A sensitive method using capillary gas chromatography coupled with a micro electron capture detector (μECD) has been developed for the determination of cyanide in cigarette smoke. The procedure is based upon the conversion of cyanide to cyanogen chloride by chloramine-T. Cyanogen chloride, dissolved in n-hexane, was analyzed by GC-μECD. Under optimum conditions, the detector response was linear from 25.0 ng mL-1 to 15.0 μg mL-1 with relative standard deviation between 0.07 and 3.30%. Recovery ranged from 86.0 to 116.0%. The method was shown to be precise, accurate and linear over the range of concentration of analytes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)609-612
Number of pages4
JournalChromatographia
Volume64
Issue number9-10
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2006
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Capillary column
  • Cyanide in cigarette smoke
  • Gas chromatography

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