PMID- 12685591 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20031120 LR - 20190720 IS - 0021-9673 (Print) IS - 0021-9673 (Linking) VI - 990 IP - 1-2 DP - 2003 Mar 21 TI - Capillary electrophoretic separation of dicarboxylic acids in atmospheric aerosol particles. PG - 133-41 AB - 2,3-Pyrazinedicarboxylic acid (PZDA), 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid (PDA) and 2,3-pyridinedicarboxylic acid (QUIN) solutions were studied as background electrolytes (BGEs) in the capillary electrophoretic analysis of dicarboxylic acids in aerosol particles with indirect UV detection. The BGEs were selected on the basis of similarity in structure with the analytes so that mobilities would be compatible. Optimised pH values for PZDA, PDA and QUIN solutions were 10.6, 11.0 and 10.2, respectively. Myristyltrimethylammonium hydroxide and myristyltrimethylammonium bromide were added to reverse the electroosmotic flow in the solutions in the direction of anode to enable fast anion detection. Separation was obtained for nine dicarboxylic acids (C2-C10) differing in the number of CH2 groups in their skeleton. The electrophoretic mobilities were determined to lie in the range 3.0 x 10(-4)-7.0 x 10(-4) cm2 V(-1) s(-1). The relative standard deviations (RSDs) for the absolute migration times of the analytes were mostly less than 0.5% (n=6) in PZDA solution. In PDA solution the within-day and day-to-day RSD values for migration were less than 1% and between 2 and 4%, respectively. Peak heights and areas mostly deviated between 1 and 15% in both PZDA and PDA solutions. Detection limits ranged between 1 and 5 mg/l. Methods were applied to the analysis of dicarboxylic acids isolated from aerosol particles. FAU - Adler, Heidi AU - Adler H AD - Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, PO Box 55, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. FAU - Siren, Heli AU - Siren H FAU - Kulmala, Markku AU - Kulmala M FAU - Riekkola, Marja-Liisa AU - Riekkola ML LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Netherlands TA - J Chromatogr A JT - Journal of chromatography. A JID - 9318488 RN - 0 (Aerosols) RN - 0 (Dicarboxylic Acids) SB - IM MH - Aerosols/*chemistry MH - Atmosphere MH - Dicarboxylic Acids/*isolation & purification MH - Electrophoresis, Capillary/*methods MH - Reproducibility of Results MH - Sensitivity and Specificity EDAT- 2003/04/11 05:00 MHDA- 2003/12/03 05:00 CRDT- 2003/04/11 05:00 PHST- 2003/04/11 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2003/12/03 05:00 [medline] PHST- 2003/04/11 05:00 [entrez] AID - S0021-9673(03)00051-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0021-9673(03)00051-7 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Chromatogr A. 2003 Mar 21;990(1-2):133-41. doi: 10.1016/s0021-9673(03)00051-7.