PMID- 21233568 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110511 LR - 20190827 IS - 1348-2246 (Electronic) IS - 0910-6340 (Linking) VI - 27 IP - 1 DP - 2011 TI - Alternative plugs flow liquid chromatography (APFLC)/EI-MS system using a T-shaped flow path. PG - 95-9 AB - The vapor condensation method can be used for forming an alternative flow of liquid masses using a single solvent for alternative plugs flow liquid chromatography (APFLC), described in our previous paper. APFLC is more effective when adopting a T-shaped flow path and aqueous-organic solvents with a liquid-to-gas volume ratio (bulk fraction; beta) ranging between 0.0006 and 0.004 in an open tubular GC capillary column at below 70 degrees C. High-density plugs flow by a T-shaped flow path leads to extremely high resolution. Alternative plugs flow is formed when the liquid contact angle to the solid phase is above 75 degrees . An aqueous mixture of the usual HPLC solvent can be readily used for APFLC. An EI-mass spectrum is obtained that is comparable with that in the NIST library, except for the DMF mixture medium. Due to low-pressure loss properties in the column, the system does not require a high-pressure liquid pump. Solid hydrocarbon resin with a contact angle to water of between 75 degrees and 79 degrees , such as polystyrene and olefinic polymers, is anticipated to be applicable to APFLC and hydro-membrane gas chromatography (HMGC) by a consideration of their surface tensions. FAU - Tanikawa, Isao AU - Tanikawa I AD - Infra-red Spectroscopy Analytical Laboratory, 3-3-13 Chuo, Ebina, Kanagawa 243-0432, Japan. ir-tanikawa@ir-bunseki.com FAU - Konuma, Miwako AU - Konuma M FAU - Hosono, Hiroko AU - Hosono H FAU - Nakamura, Hiroshi AU - Nakamura H LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Switzerland TA - Anal Sci JT - Analytical sciences : the international journal of the Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry JID - 8511078 RN - 0 (Polymers) RN - 0 (Solvents) RN - 206GF3GB41 (Helium) SB - IM MH - Chromatography, Gas/instrumentation MH - Chromatography, Liquid/*instrumentation MH - Helium/chemistry MH - Polymers/chemistry MH - Solvents/chemistry MH - Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization/instrumentation MH - Surface Tension EDAT- 2011/01/15 06:00 MHDA- 2011/05/12 06:00 CRDT- 2011/01/15 06:00 PHST- 2011/01/15 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/01/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/05/12 06:00 [medline] AID - JST.JSTAGE/analsci/27.95 [pii] AID - 10.2116/analsci.27.95 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Anal Sci. 2011;27(1):95-9. doi: 10.2116/analsci.27.95.