Determination of Alkyl Esters Content by Gas Chromatography: Validation of Method Based on Short Column and Response Factor
AUTOR(ES)
Silva, Filipe L., Melo, Lucas N., Wolf, Carlos R., Meneghetti, Simoni M. P., Bortoluzzi, Janaína H.
FONTE
J. Braz. Chem. Soc.
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2018-06
RESUMO
In this study an analytical method, based on gas chromatography with flame ionization detection, using a short column and response factor (GCSCRF), was validated for the quantification of fatty acid alkyl esters (methylic or ethylic). During the validation process, the proposed method was employed to analyze twenty samples of fatty acid methyl esters and fatty acid ethyl esters. Biodiesel samples were produced from soybean oil and the validated method was found to be selective, being able to separate and identify every ester species present in the samples according to its carbon number. When the method was submitted to some variations in the sample preparation procedure, it remained robust. Limits of detection and quantification were 6.76 and 20.4 mg mL-1, respectively. The suggested method also showed great precision when successive analyses were carried out for different analysts, with standard deviation (SD) 0.6 for repeatibility and relative standard deviation (RSD) percentage 7.3% for intermediate precision, excellent accuracy when compared to other reference methods (EN 14103 and high-performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet dection (HPLC-UV)) and recovery studies.
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