IP Library Granted Patent US 12687518
Granted Patent B2
US 12687518 · App. 17/772,794 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Analysis method and analysis device

Inventor: Yukihiko Kudo (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
G01N27/62G01N30/86G01N2030/626
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Patent No.
US 12687518
App. No.
17/772,794
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An analysis method of performing an analysis on a sample containing a first substance and a second substance that has an influence on an analysis of the first substance in regard to a concentration of the first substance, includes performing an analysis on the sample in regard to the concentration of the first substance to obtain sample analysis data, and deriving a result of analysis in regard to a concentration of the first substance based on the sample analysis data and adjustment information that is set based on the influence.

Claims (41)

1 . An analysis method of performing an analysis on a sample containing a first substance and a second substance that has an influence on the analysis of the first substance, comprising:

setting adjustment information based on a relationship between an area of a standard sample peak and an area of a reference sample peak, the standard sample peak is a mass analysis peak of a standard sample that contains the first substance at a known concentration and contains the second substance, and the reference sample peak is a mass analysis peak of a reference sample that contains the first substance at the known concentration and does not contain the second substance,

setting an analysis peak threshold value based on the adjustment information,

performing mass analysis on the sample to obtain sample analysis data including an area of a sample analysis peak; and

determining a concentration of the first substance in the sample based on a comparison between the analysis peak threshold value and the area of the sample analysis peak, wherein the mass analysis is performed by a Pyrolysis Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer.

2 . The analysis method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first substance is a bromine compound, and the second substance is a chlorine compound.

3 . The analysis method according to claim 2 , wherein

the first substance is any one type or a plurality of any types out of polybrominated diphenyl ethers, polybrominated biphenyls, and bromine flame retardants and additives including bromines, and the second substance is resin including polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and chlorides.

4 . The analysis method according to claim 3 , wherein

the first substance is the bromine flame retardants and additives including bromines, and the bromine flame retardants and additives including bromines are tetrabromobisphenol A and/or hexabromocyclododecane.

5 . An analysis method of performing an analysis on a sample containing a first substance and a second substance that has an influence on an analysis of the first substance, comprising:

setting adjustment information based on a relationship between an area of a standard sample peak and an area of a first reference sample peak, the standard sample peak is a mass analysis peak of a standard sample that contains the first substance at a known concentration and contains the second substance, and the first reference sample peak is a mass analysis peak of a first reference sample that contains the first substance at the known concentration and does not contain the second substance,

generating a reference calibration curve in regard to the first substance based on a relationship between the area of the first reference sample peak and an area of a second reference sample peak, the second reference sample peak is a mass analysis peak of a second reference sample that contains the first substance at a different concentration than the first reference sample and does not contain the second substance, generating an adjustment calibration curve by adjusting the reference calibration curve based on the adjustment information;

performing mass analysis on the sample to obtain sample analysis data including an area of a sample analysis peak; and

determining a concentration of the first substance in the sample by applying the area of the sample analysis peak to the adjustment calibration curve, and

wherein the mass analysis is performed by a Pyrolysis Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer.

6 . The analysis method according to claim 5 , wherein

the first substance is a bromine compound, and the second substance is a chlorine compound.

7 . The analysis method according to claim 6 , wherein

the first substance is any one type or a plurality of any types out of polybrominated diphenyl ethers, polybrominated biphenyls, and bromine flame retardants and additives including bromines, and the second substance is resin including polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and chrlorides.

8 . The analysis method according to claim 7 , wherein

the bromine flame retardants and additives including bromines are tetrabromobisphenol A and/or hexabromocyclododecane.

9 . An analysis device that performs an analysis on a sample containing a first substance and a second substance that has an influence on an analysis of the first substance, comprising

a processing apparatus that is configured to:

set adjustment information based on a relationship between an area of a standard sample peak and an area of a reference sample peak, the standard sample peak is a mass analysis peak of a standard sample that contains the first substance at a known concentration and contains the second substance, and the reference sample peak is a mass analysis peak of a reference sample that contains the first substance at the known concentration and does not contain the second substance,

set an analysis peak threshold value based on the adjustment information, and

determine a concentration of the first substance in the sample based on comparison between the analysis peak threshold value and an area of a sample analysis peak, the sample analysis peak provided by performing mass analysis on the sample; wherein the mass analysis is performed by a Pyrolysis Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer.

10 . The analysis device according to claim 9 , wherein the processing apparatus is further configured to set substance information for at least one of the first substance and the second substance, wherein

the adjustment information is generated based on the substance information.

11 . The analysis device according to claim 10 , further comprising a display device that displays a connection between the first substance and the second substance based on the substance information.

12 . An analysis device that performs an analysis on a sample containing a first substance and a second substance that has an influence on an analysis of the first substance, comprising

a processing apparatus configured to:

set adjustment information based on a relationship between an area of a standard sample peak and an area of a first reference sample peak, the standard sample peak is a mass analysis peak of a standard sample, which contains the first substance at a known concentration and contains the second substance, and the first reference sample peak is a mass analysis peak of a reference sample, which contains the first substance at the known concentration and does not contain the second substance,

generate a reference calibration curve in regard to the first substance based on a relationship between the area of the first reference sample peak and an area of a second reference sample peak, the second reference sample peak is a mass analysis peak of a second reference sample that contains the first substance at a different concentration than the first reference sample and does not contain the second substance,

generate an adjustment calibration curve by adjusting the reference calibration curve based on the adjustment information; and

determine a concentration of the first substance in the sample by applying the area of the sample analysis peak to the adjustment calibration curve, the sample analysis peak provided by performing mass analysis on the sample,

wherein the mass analysis is performed by a Pyrolysis Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer.

13 . The analysis device according to claim 12 , wherein the processing apparatus is further configured to set substance information for at least one of the first substance and the second substance, wherein

the adjustment information is generated based on the substance information.

14 . The analysis device according to claim 13 , further comprising a display device that displays a connection between the first substance and the second substance based on the substance information.