A fast thermal desorption unit for micro thermal desorption tubes, Part II: Method development and validation for explosives and chemical warfare agent simulants.

J Chromatogr A

Institute of Nutritional and Food Sciences, University of Bonn, Friedrich-Hirzebruch Allee 5, D-53115 Bonn, Germany; HyperChrom Deutschland GmbH, Konrad-Zuse-Strasse 3, 53347 Alfter, Germany. Electronic address:

Published: January 2025


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A thermal desorption FF-TG-GC/MS method with a cycle time of just 164s including cryofocusing, thermal desorption, analyte separation and system cool down was developed for the analysis of ten explosives and six chemical warfare agent (CWA) simulants. Sampling was carried out both in liquid and gaseous form using micro thermal desorption tubes (μTD-tubes, 1.4mm I.D., 10mg Tenax TA). In addition to the desorption conditions, the effects of deactivated μTD-tubes, the spatial temperature gradient along the separation column and additional cryofocusing to refocus the analytes were evaluated. Limits of detection between 0.17 and 9.18ng/μL and R values ≥0.983 for calibration curves (with the exception of PETN) were obtained. Relative standard deviations of mainly <15% were achieved for within day repeatability. The fluctuations in the peak areas were mostly below 20% with between-day repeatability measured across three days.

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