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The potential of composite pyrolysis gas chromatographic mass spectra in the study of lignocellulosics
Author(s) -
Reeves James B.,
Galletti Guido C.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
organic mass spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9888
pISSN - 0030-493X
DOI - 10.1002/oms.1210280529
Subject(s) - mass spectrometry , gas chromatography , pyrolysis , mass spectrum , chemistry , chromatography , electron ionization , fiber , gas chromatography–mass spectrometry , analytical chemistry (journal) , ion , organic chemistry , ionization
The objective of this work was to evaluate the use of composite mass spectral (CMS) data from pyrolysis gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (PY–GC/MS) for lignocellulosic materials. Various forages, by‐products and fiber fractions derived from them were examined as CMS by PY–GC/MS. The PY–GC/MS system consisted of a heated platinum filament, a capillary gas chromatograph and an ion trap detector (ITD) mass spectrometer operated under electron impact conditions. Mass spectra were then composited in several ways by summing all the mass spectra acquired within retention times corresponding to major product classes. CMS data were entered in a dedicated library and compared using the ITD library editor software. The usefulness of such a simple procedure for studies related to lignocellulose analysis, such as forage recognition, development of analytical methods and digestibility/maturity correlation, is discussed.