Identification and quantitation of trace impurities in fatty alcohol ethoxylates using HPLC and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volumn 654, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-63

  Lee, Dean ^a   Rumbelow, Steve ^b   Williams, S Kim Ratanathanawongs ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b Croda Inc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fatty alcohol ethoxylates; High performance liquid chromatography; Matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry; Polyethylene glycol; Surfactants; Trace impurities

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS TIME; CALIBRATION CURVES; EVAPORATIVE LIGHT SCATTERING DETECTORS; FATTY ALCOHOL ETHOXYLATES; GRADIENT ELUTION; HPLC SEPARATION; ISOCRATIC; ISOCRATIC CONDITIONS; MALDI-TOF MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES; SURFACTANTS; TRACE IMPURITIES;

ALCOHOLS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DESORPTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; LIQUIDS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYACRYLATES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; THERMOPLASTICS; TRACE ANALYSIS;

IMPURITIES;

FATTY ALCOHOL; MACROGOL; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; ELUTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FATTY ALCOHOLS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 70349989347     PISSN: 00032670     EISSN: 18734324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2009.04.032     Document Type: Article

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