A dual capillary column system is described for the simultaneous measurement of retention index (RI) and area ratio (AR) values of each peak on two capillary columns of different polarity, DB-5 & DB-1701. Both capillary columns were connected to a com...
A dual capillary column system is described for the simultaneous measurement of retention index (RI) and area ratio (AR) values of each peak on two capillary columns of different polarity, DB-5 & DB-1701. Both capillary columns were connected to a common splitless injector via a deactivated fused-silica capillary tubing of 1 m length and a 'Y' splitter, the dead volume effect of which was found to be negligible. RI and AR were measured with high reproducibility(${\leq}$0.05% RSD) and with high accuracy (<10% RE), respectively. When applied to the test samples of the organic acid mixture, each acid was positively identified by the combined computer RI library search-AR comparison.