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Figure 8 Result <strong>of</strong> natural spider silk analysis. Eluent: HFIP þ 0.1 M sodiumtrifluoroacetate.<br />

Flow rate: 1 mL/min. Columns: PSS PFG 100 A ˚ , 7 mm,<br />

8 300 mm þ PFG 1000 A ˚ , 7mm, 8 300 mm. Temperature: 258C. Detection RI.<br />

St<strong>and</strong>ards: 12 PSS PMMA calibration st<strong>and</strong>ards.<br />

5 CONCLUSION<br />

The previous section described the most frequently used PSS methods for<br />

analysing polyesters <strong>and</strong> polyamides. We know from our long experience that the<br />

methods presented are the most reliable <strong>and</strong> reproducible. In routine analysis in the<br />

laboratories <strong>of</strong> PSS <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> our customers it normally takes many years before<br />

the presented systems lose any efficiency.<br />

Molecular weight calibrations can be carried out very easily with the readily<br />

available PMMA st<strong>and</strong>ards; <strong>of</strong> course, polyester or polyamide st<strong>and</strong>ards also can<br />

be used.<br />

Owing to the unusually poor solubility <strong>of</strong> these polymers it is very important<br />

for customers to be in contact with a column supplier which knows how to<br />

overcome the difficulties that result <strong>and</strong> which is able to assist its customers. This<br />

assistance will become more <strong>and</strong> more important for customers because <strong>of</strong> the<br />

many modifications that will be made to high-performance plastics in the future.<br />

6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<br />

The author thanks the editor for his support <strong>and</strong> all the colleagues at PSS who<br />

contributed their work to this chapter. The author also thanks his wife Susanne <strong>and</strong><br />

his son Jan-Luca for the care they took <strong>of</strong> him while writing.<br />

© 2004 by Marcel Dekker, Inc.

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