Standard Guide for Purity of Carbon Dioxide Used in Supercritical Fluid Applications

ABSTRACT
This guide defines purity standards for carbon dioxide to ensure the suitability of liquefied carbon dioxide gas for use in supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) and supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) applications. This guide defines quantitation, labeling, and statistical standards for impurities in carbon dioxide that are necessary for successful SFE or SFC laboratory work, and it suggests methods of analysis for quantifying these impurities. These contaminants are those components that either cause detector signals that interfere with those of the target analytes or physically impede the SFE or SFC experiment. Also, this guide is provided for use by specialty gas suppliers who manufacture carbon dioxide specifically for SFE or SFC applications. SFE or SFC CO2 products offered with a claim of adherence to this guide will meet certain absolute purity and contaminant detectability requirements matched to the needs of current SFE or SFC techniques.
SCOPE
1.1 This guide defines purity standards for carbon dioxide to ensure the suitability of liquefied carbon dioxide gas for use in SFE and SFC applications (see Guide E1449 for definitions of terms). This guide defines quantitation, labeling, and statistical standards for impurities in carbon dioxide that are necessary for successful SFE or SFC laboratory work, and it suggests methods of analysis for quantifying these impurities.
1.2 This guide is provided for use by specialty gas suppliers who manufacture carbon dioxide specifically for SFE or SFC applications. SFE or SFC carbon dioxide (CO2) products offered with a claim of adherence to this guide will meet certain absolute purity and contaminant detectability requirements matched to the needs of current SFE or SFC techniques. The use of this guide allows different SFE or SFC CO2 product offerings to be compared on an equal purity basis.
1.3 This guide considers contaminants to be those components that either cause detector signals that interfere with those of the target analytes or physically impede the SFE or SFC experiment.
1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of limitations prior to use.

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Designation: E1747 − 95 (Reapproved 2011)
Standard Guide for
Purity of Carbon Dioxide Used in Supercritical Fluid
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Applications
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E1747; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
INTRODUCTION
Therapidcommercialdevelopmentofcarbondioxideforuseinsupercriticalfluidextraction(SFE)
and supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) has hastened the need to establish common purity
standards to be specified by specialty gas suppliers. As a consequence of its isolation from
petrochemical side-streams or as a by-product of fermentation or ammonia synthesis, carbon dioxide
contains a wide range of impurities that can interfere with analytical quantification or instrument
operation.Thisguideisintendedtoserveasaguidetospecialtygassuppliersfortestingthesuitability
of carbon dioxide for use in SFC and SFE applications.
1. Scope responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
1.1 Thisguidedefinespuritystandardsforcarbondioxideto
bility of limitations prior to use.
ensure the suitability of liquefied carbon dioxide gas for use in
SFE and SFC applications (see Guide E1449 for definitions of
2. Referenced Documents
terms).This guide defines quantitation, labeling, and statistical
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
standards for impurities in carbon dioxide that are necessary
D2504Test Method for Noncondensable Gases in C and
for successful SFE or SFC laboratory work, and it suggests
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Lighter Hydrocarbon Products by Gas Chromatography
methods of analysis for quantifying these impurities.
D2820Test Method for C Through C Hydrocarbons in the
1.2 Thisguideisprovidedforusebyspecialtygassuppliers
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Atmosphere by Gas Chromatography (Withdrawn 1993)
who manufacture carbon dioxide specifically for SFE or SFC
D3670Guide for Determination of Precision and Bias of
applications. SFE or SFC carbon dioxide (CO ) products
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Methods of Committee D22
offered with a claim of adherence to this guide will meet
D3686Practice for Sampling Atmospheres to Collect Or-
certain absolute purity and contaminant detectability require-
ganic Compound Vapors (Activated Charcoal Tube Ad-
mentsmatchedtotheneedsofcurrentSFEorSFCtechniques.
sorption Method)
TheuseofthisguideallowsdifferentSFEorSFCCO product
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D3687Practice for Analysis of Organic Compound Vapors
offerings to be compared on an equal purity basis.
Collected by the Activated Charcoal Tube Adsorption
1.3 This guide considers contaminants to be those compo-
Method
nentsthateithercausedetectorsignalsthatinterferewiththose
D4178Practice for Calibrating Moisture Analyzers
of the target analytes or physically impede the SFE or SFC
D4532Test Method for Respirable Dust in Workplace At-
experiment.
mospheres Using Cyclone Samplers
E260Practice for Packed Column Gas Chromatography
1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as
E355PracticeforGasChromatographyTermsandRelation-
standard. No other units of measurement are included in this
ships
standard.
E594Practice for Testing Flame Ionization Detectors Used
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the
in Gas or Supercritical Fluid Chromatography
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E13 on Molecular For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
Spectroscopy and Separation Science and is the direct responsibility of Subcom- contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
mittee E13.19 on Separation Science. Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
Current edition approved Nov. 1, 2011. Published December 2011. Originally the ASTM website.
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approved in 1995. Last previous edition approved in 2005 as E1747–95(2005). The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced on
DOI: 10.1520/E1747-95R11. www.astm.org.
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E697Practice for Use of Electron-Capture Detectors in Gas 3.1.4 Nonvolatile—Materials that leave a nonvolatile (boil-
Chromatography ing point >250°C) residue following the vaporization of liquid
E1449Guidefor Supercritical FluidChromatographyTerms CO , such as small particles and high-boiling solutes, are
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and Relationships detrimental to both SFE and SFC applications. Species repre-
E1510Practice for Installing Fused Silica Open Tubular sentati
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