Separation of felted explosives by pressurized microemulsion electrokinetic chromatography

A new MEEKC method assisted with pressure-driven mobile phase was presented for the separation of felted explosives. Microemulsion solution was composed of 80 mmol/L heptane - 120 mmol/L SDS (sodium dodecyl sulphate) - 900 mmol/L butanol - 10 mmol/L borate at pH 9.4 and a pressure-driven flow of 0.020 mL/min under 1.3 MPa was employed to manipulate the separation. Explosives HMX (1, 3, 5, 7-tetranitro-1, 3, 5, 7-tetrazacyclooctane) and TATB (triamino- trinitrobenzene), which were felted on fluorine rubber F2311 (polytrifluorochlorethylene and polyvinylidene fluoride 1/1 co-polymerization) and F2314 (polytrifluorochlorethylene and polyvinylidene fluoride 4/1 co-polymerization) were well separated with very good peak shapes.