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Large Volume Injection of Pesticides Using Low-Pressure Gas Chromatography

07 Nov 2025

Concurrent Solvent Recondensation Large Sample Volume splitless injection (CSR-LVSI, or LVI) is a gas chromatography sample injection technique that overcomes the limitation of using a smaller sample volume of 1 to 2 µL, which is typical of conventional splitless injections. Low-Pressure Gas Chromatography (LPGC) is a novel technique that has been successfully applied for multiresidue pesticide detection and quantification. The LPGC configuration with the restrictor/guard column facilitates the requirements of a CSR-LVSI and has the potential to improve the sensitivity and lower detection limits. Peak shapes of large-volume injections using both acetonitrile and acetonitrile–toluene were evaluated in the range of 1–25 µL, and the relationship between the peak area and injection volume was established. The large volume injections (>10 µL) resulted in peak splitting when acetonitrile was used. The later eluting peaks were affected more while the effect of increased volume on peak areas for larger than 10 µL injections was negligible. The calibration parameters were compared for 1 and 5 µL injection. The limits of detection and other parameters were comparable between the two injection volumes. This presentation will describe both CSR-LVSI and LPGC and demonstrate the applicability of combining these techniques using a variety of solvents.

Authors

  • Joe Konschnik
  • Jana Hepner, PhD
  • Jaap de Zeeuw

    Jaap is a world-renowned chromatographer with over 40 years of experience, including 15 years with Restek and 27 years with Varian/Chrompack prior to joining Restek. Throughout his career, Jaap has focused the chromatographic challenges of industrial analysis. For his 1979 graduation from The Institute for Higher Education, where he specialized in chemistry, Jaap authored a paper titled "The Challenge of Coating Flexible Fused Silica Capillary Columns" and has since distinguished himself as an authority on the subject. Jaap has been directly involved with the creation of numerous chemically bonded columns, including the first bonded PEG column and the stabilized PLOT columns widely used in the petrochemical arena. He has also helped develop new techniques, such as fast GC-MS using vacuum GC technology (low-pressure GC or LPGC). Over his innovative career, he has filed several patents for his work. Based out of the Netherlands, Jaap is extensively published and regularly travels internationally to share his knowledge. After retiring from Restek, Jaap founded CreaVisions, where he works as a GC Consultant and teaches master classes on key GC topics as well as on creativity in science.

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