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Standard Practice for Determination of Volatiles in Polymers by Static Headspace Gas Chromatography

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1.1 Headspace gas chromatography (GC) involves the determination of volatile components in a polymer solution by gas chromatography of a vapor phase in thermal equilibrium with the sample matrix. Volatiles in finely ground insoluble polymers can also be determined with and without an extracting solvent.

1.2 This practice provides two procedures:

1.2.1 Procedure A—Automatic headspace analysis.

1.2.2 Procedure B—Manual injection headspace analysis.

1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. Specific precautionary statements are given in Section 7.

Note 1: There is no known ISO equivalent to this standard.

1.4 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.


4.1 There are various reasons why one would measure the level of unreacted or residual monomer, water, or other volatile components in a polymer sample.

4.2 Volatiles of interest are often at trace concentrations. Headspace analysis is suited for determination of these trace components which often cannot be determined by conventional gas chromatography because of sample decomposition or interferences.

4.3 For polymer analysis, sample treatment for headspace analysis is simpler than conventional gas chromatography, where additional precipitation steps are required to prevent polymer contamination of the chromatographic column.

4.4 This headspace practice will be able to determine qualitatively any component with sufficient vapor pressure. It is capable of yielding semiquantitative results and can be used for relative comparisons between samples.

SDO ASTM: ASTM International
Document Number D4526
Publication Date May 15, 2020
Language en - English
Page Count 4
Revision Level 20
Supercedes
Committee D20.70
Publish Date Document Id Type View
May 15, 2020 D4526-20 Revision
Dec. 15, 2012 D4526-12 Revision
Jan. 1, 2001 D4526-96R01E01 Revision
Jan. 1, 2001 D4526-96 Revision
Sept. 1, 2007 D4526-96R07 Reaffirmation