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Quiz GC 1. Which of the gases below is not suitable as a carrier gas in gas chromatography a. b. c. d. e.

Helium (is suitable) Nitrogen (is suitable) Oxygen (is not suitable) Fluorine Chlorine

2. Which of the detectors are not used for gas chromatography a. b. c. d. e. UV detector (is not used) Mass Spectrometer (is used) Flame Ionisation detector (is used) Thermal Conductivity detector (is used) Refractive Index detector (is not used)

3. If a Gas Chromatograph, Liquid Chromatograph and Mass Spectrometer would be online connected what would be the valid order: a. b. c. d. Liquid Chromatograph, Gas Chromatograph, Mass Spectrometer (correct) Gas Chromatograph, Liquid Chromatograph, Mass Spectrometer Liquid Chromatograph, Mass Spectrometer, Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer, Gas Chromatograph, Liquid Chromatograph

4. The factors contributing to band broadening in capillary Gas Chromatography are a. b. c. d. Effect of mass transfer between phases (correct) Molecular Diffusion (correct) Multiple paths of analytes through the column (No) Joule heating (No)

5. The limitation(s) of Flame Ionisation detector are: a. b. c. d. Narrow linear detection range (No) Low sensitivity for the detection of hydrocarbons (No) Low sensitivity for the detection of compounds containing heteroatoms (Yes) The response of the detector is affected by changes in mobile phase flow rate (No)

6. Sample overloading leads to a. Increase of resolution between analyte bands (No) b. Decrease of resolution between analyte bands (Yes) c. Non-linear detector response (No) 7. The Mobile Phase in Gas Chromatography functions a. Purely as a carrier (Yes)

b. Carries the analytes through the system and enhances separation between the analytes by interacting differently with them (No) c. Reacts with analytes (No) 8. What of the parameters below can be used to manipulate and optimize the resolution between analytes in Gas Chromatography a. Mobile Phase flow rate (No) b. Temperature (Yes) c. Voltage (No) 9. What is the typical diameter of fused silica capillary columns a. b. c. d. e. 0.1-0.2 mm (No) 0.2-0.3 mm (Yes) 0.3-0.5 mm (No) 0.5-1.0 mm (No) 1.0-2.0 mm (No)

10. Resolution is proportional to the a. Number of theoretical plates in the column (No) b. Square root of the number of theoretical plates in the column (Yes) c. Square of the number of theoretical plates in the column (No) 11. Which of the statements is correct? Gas Chromatography is used to analyse a. b. c. d. Solids Liquids Gases Solids, liquids and gases (Correct)

12. What useful information can be found by van Deemter Plot a. Optimum mobile phase flow rate (Yes) b. Optimum column temperature (No) c. Optimum selectivity (No) 13. Theoretical plates are used to a. Determine the thickness of a stationary phase (No) b. Estimate the efficiancy of the column (Yes) c. To measure the distribution of analyte between stationary and mobile phase (No) 14. Select correct statements: the columns in gas chromatography are heated a. To reduce band broadening (yes) b. To contol elution of analytes (yes) c. To avoid sample condensation (yes)

15. What are the benefits of decreased column diameter a. Increased resolution (yes) b. Increased sample capacity (no) c. Reduced risk of sample overloading (no) 16. What does the selectivity factor describe a. The difference in widths of analyte bands (no) b. The relative separation between analytes (yes) c. The number of peaks separated during one run (no)

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