Analysis of Sulfur Compounds by Capillary Column Gas Chromatography with Sulfur Chemiluminescence Detection

Abstract

A new ges chromatographic detector for the determination of sulfur-containing compounds has recently become racially available. The sulfur chemiluminescence detector (SCO) is based on farming sulfur monoxida in a reducing game from sulfur-containing compounds being eluted from a gas chromatograph. The sulfur monoxide that is formed is subsequently detected by its chemiluminescent eaction with ozone. This new detector has been found to be at least one order of magnitude more sensitive than most flame photometric detectors. It produces a linear response, possesses a sulfur-to-carbon selectivity greater than 106, does not suffer appreelably from quenching, and has a response to various sulfur species that is nearly equimolar.