ISSN:
0935-6304
Keywords:
Gas chromatography
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Capillary, glass
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Whisker production
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Violent explosion at the „ether etching“ step
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Modification of pyrex glass etching leads to more uniform whiskers in size and shaep, simple, safe
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Chemistry
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Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Recent attempts to reproduce a literature method for etching of Pyrex glass capillary columns with „etching ether“ resulted in reduction of the columns to dust through a violent explosion. Although modifications of the method produced etched columns, we found that less than satisfactory results were achieved. Introduction of etching ether by simply coating the column with a thin film of the ether produced an evenly etched column with well defined whiskers. Several observations made during the etching process will also be discussed.
Additional Material:
3 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jhrc.1240020618
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