Abstract

High resolution capillary gas chromatography, coupled with the superior infrared spectra produced by matrix isolation FTIR, yields a powerful analytical tool which is applied to the analysis of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). PCB congeners are identified in a commercially produced mixture (Aroclor 1221) using the matrix-isolated infrared spectra obtained by this method. The gas chromatograph/matrix isolation/Fourier transform infrared (GC/MI/FTIR) instrument utilized was developed at Argonne National Laboratory. GC/MI/FTIR is especially useful in the determination of PCBs in samples where the Aroclor pattern is not present.

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