December 4th 2024
This installment of Tips & Tricks focuses on the determination of the molar mass using a light scattering detector as an absolute detection method.
On-line SEC–Py-GC–MS for the Automated Comprehensive Characterization of Copolymers
September 1st 2007Size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) and pyrolysis-gas chromatography (Py-GC) are commonly used to characterize copolymers. SEC is a powerful method to determine the molecular-weight distribution of polymers whereas Py-GC provides valuable information on their chemical composition. The combination of these two techniques could yield combined size and composition information for copolymers or polymer mixtures. A fully automated system was constructed to perform these two-dimensional (2D) characterizations. Several examples of the use of this new technique to comprehensively characterize polymers are described.