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Thermal analysis/mass spectrometry using soft photo-ionisation for the investigation of biomass and mineral oils.
J. Therm. Anal. Calorim. 97, 615-619 (2009)
The combined analytical methods of thermal analysis and mass spectrometry have been applied in form of a newly developed prototype of a thermogravimetry - single photon ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometer coupling (TG-SPI-TOFMS) to investigate the molecular patterns of evolved gases from several biomass samples as well as a crude oil sample. Single photon ionization (SPI) was conducted by means of a novel electron beam pumped argon excimer lamp (EBEL) as photon source. With SPI-TOFMS various lignin decomposition products such as guaiacol, syringol and coniferyl alcohol could be monitored. Furthermore, SPI allows the detection of aliphatic hydrocarbons, mainly alkenes, carbonylic compounds such as acetone, and furan derivatives such as furfuryl alcohol and hydroxymethylfurfural. More alkaline biomass such as coarse colza meal show intense signals from nitrogen containing substances such as (iso-)propylamine and pyrrole. Thermal degradation of crude oil takes place in two steps, evaporation of volatile components and pyrolysis of larger molecular structures at higher temperatures. Due to the soft ionisation, homologue rows of alkanes and alkenes could be detected on basis of their molecular ions. The obtained information from the thermal analysis/photo ionisation mass spectrometry experiments can be drawn on in comparison to the investigation of the primary products from flash pyrolysis of biomass for production of biofuels and chemicals.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
biomass; crude oil; mass spectrometry; photo-ionisation; thermal analysis; single-photon ionization; flight mass-spectrometry; excimer light-source; pyrolysis; tobacco
ISSN (print) / ISBN
1388-6150
e-ISSN
1588-2926
Quellenangaben
Volume: 97,
Issue: 2,
Pages: 615-619
Publisher
Springer
Publishing Place
Dordrecht
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Reviewing status
Peer reviewed
Institute(s)
Institute of Ecological Chemistry (IOEC)
Cooperation Group Comprehensive Molecular Analytics (CMA)
Cooperation Group Comprehensive Molecular Analytics (CMA)