LCGC North America-10-01-2010

The authors explain the operational considerations for switching from helium to hydrogen in the separations lab, as well as discussing options.

GC expert Jaap de Zeeuw explores the historical development of PLOT columns, covers details of the most popular stationary phases, and provides practical hints.

John Dolan discusses an inquiry he received from a reader complaining about the difficulty he was having meeting system suitability for an LC method that had been transferred into his lab.

In Part II of this series, John Hinshaw covers the effect on tailing peak measurements when the peaks start to merge, following on from Part I, which discussed nontailing peaks.

The principles and attributes of today's HPLC detectors are discussed, and the advantages and disadvantages of the various detectors are compared and contrasted.

The LCGC Awards have now been in existence since 2008, and with several years of award winners now active in the chromatography community, it is fair to say that we now have a reasonable track record and body of work to review in measuring the impact these awards have had, both on the industry and on the winners themselves.

Click the title above to open the LCGC North America October 2010 regular issue, Vol 28 No 10, in an interactive PDF format.