AN EVALUATION OF JANSSON METHOD TO DECONVOLVE OVERLAPPED GAS-CHROMATOGRAPHIC PEAKS

The author presents the results of a comprehensive evaluation of Jansson's Method to resolve overlapped peaks that have been generated from two different sample mixtures. As a benchmark, these peaks were also resolved using shoulder quantitation and perpendicular drop techniques. As a second benchmark, these same sample mixtures were analyzed using an instrument with a relatively long column so that the peaks were fully resolved without using non-chemical peak resolving methods. Experimental results indicate that the quantitation accuracy of peaks resolved using Jansson's Method is similar to what can be obtained using an instrument with a relatively long column and is about an order of magnitude better than the graphical methods.