The porous graphite carbon column is a chromatographic column with unique properties. It can tolerate in mobile phase systems with pH values in the range of 0~14, and is also resistant to high temperatures. Porous graphitized carbon (PGC) exhibits a special retention effect on polar compounds, which was called "polar retention effect on graphite". In this paper, based on the capability that PGC to separate polar substances and ionic compounds, a Thermo Hypercarb porous graphitized carbon column was selected as the analytical column. Two common reagents, tetrapropylammonium hydroxide (TPAOH) and tetrabutylammonium hydroxide (TBAOH), were selected as additives to investigate the effects on the retention of seven anions (F-, Cl-, Br-, NO2-, NO3-, SO42-, PO43-) in a carbonate system. Additionally, the effect of the introduction of N,N,N-trimethyl-1-adamantylammonium hydroxide (N,N,N-TMAdOH) with stereo configuration on the retention of anions on the PGC column was also investigated. An attempt was made to establish a new ion chromatographic analysis system and to investigate the separation mechanism of this new system. Experimental results show that under the PGC column-modifier system, the separation mechanism of the seven inorganic anions on the PGC column belonged to the dynamic complex ion exchange model. The modifier would combine with the anions in the mobile phase to form complexes, while the hydrophobic end of the modifier was adsorbed on the surface of the porous graphitized carbon, and the other end was combined with the anions to form a complex. Mathematical equations was derived from this model and fitted to the results for different anions under the three modifiers. The results showed that the R2values were basically greater than 0.99. This model is different from the traditional ion exchange or ion-pair chromatography separation mode. By choosing suitable modifiers, it can be used on the PGC column to realize the separation of many common anions and establish a new ion chromatographic system.
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