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  • Title: Gas-solid chromatographic determination of moisture in lyophilized pharmaceutical products.
    Author: Lyman GW, Johnson RN.
    Journal: J Assoc Off Anal Chem; 1979 Jan; 62(1):71-4. PubMed ID: 422507.
    Abstract:
    A gas-solid chromatographic procedure is described for the analysis of low levels of moisture in individual lyophilized vials of pharmaceutical products. Dry ethanol, which contains methanol as the internal standard, is injected through the septum of the vial to dissolve the lyophilized contents. An aliquot of this solution is then withdrawn and injected onto a Porapak QS column at 110 degrees C where the components are separated and detected using thermal conductivity detection. A solvent blank correction allows quantitation of the water in the individual vial. The method is conveniently applied to samples containing as little as 50 microgram water/vial, and as many as 25 vials can be assayed/day. A simple technique is also described for removing water from the ethanol solvent to less than 100 ppm, using a molecular sieve.
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