Abstract:To determine the contents of residual lactide in PLA.A Simple capillary gas chromatography method was established with FID detector. The capillary column was AC20 with 150℃;the residual monomer contents were calculated by the external standard method.The linearities were fairly good(γ>0.99). The average recoveries were 99.8 % with RSD of 0.18%. The limit of detection was 3.413 μg/mL. The contents of residual monomer in samples were complied with the specification requirements. This method is simple, rapid and accurate.
Key words:Capillary gas chromatography;Polyactic acid;Lactide;Residual monomer;Determination