Gas Chromatography (GC)

In this article, the combination of SPME with GCxGC and GCxGC–TOF-MS is discussed using mixtures of solvents as example analytes

Pat Sandra and his team will discuss how green chromatography works in practice

This article will discuss current European environmental quality standards and review traditional methods for analysing organotins and their limitations.

Large-volume Injection Coupled to Comprehensive Gas Chromatography – Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry for the Analysis of 3-MCPD Esters in Edible Oils

The authors look at comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography as a choice for the quantitative speciation of trace alkyl phosphates in petroleum samples.

Ron Majors presents the second part of his yearly review of all that was new and innovative at Pittcon 2010, held this year in Orlando, Florida.

This work examines the impurities present in a variety of acetone sources using comprehensive gas chromatography.

An overview of current chromatography-based food toxicant screening is presented.

Interviews from Pittcon with experts in the fields of GC, HPLC, MS/Hyphenated and Spectroscopy

The winners of LCGC's third annual awards were announced at Pittcon 2010.

In this month's "GC Connections," John Hinshaw addresses GC components that can become contaminated, including symptoms, causes, and cleaning procedures.

Explaining the importance of sensitive detection in phthalate testing during GC–MS analysis.

This article reviews advances in the analysis of persistent halogenated organic compounds over the last century.

The latest innovations in separation science will be revealed at Pittcon 2010 from 28 February–5 March 2010 in Florida, USA

In this article, the combination of SPME with GC×GC and GC×GC–TOF-MS is discussed using mixtures of solvents as example analytes

Demonstrating the suitability of a new wax stationary phase for GCxGC analysis of essential oils

Industry veteran and 2009 LCGC Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Harold McNair writes about the early days of gas chromatography and his experiences through the years.

In this article, the authors describe a pyrolysis technique that is based on the injection of polymer emulsions or solutions using a high-temperature PTV system.

CHROMacademy will be providing a free ?Essential Guide? webinar on split/splitless injection on 26 January.

Determining pesticide residues by GC-MS

Driving under the influence is a serious criminal offense. To prove a suspect guilty calls for solid scientific evidence. The generally accepted method is to accurately measure the blood alcohol content. This article presents a static headspace-gas chromatography method, which offers reliable qualitative analysis, reproducibility, and short run times to allow for high throughput.

Hydrogen carrier gas can be an effective replacement for helium in many gas chromatography (GC) and GC–mass spectrometry (MS) applications.

This month's "GC Connections" explores the issues that can arise when deciding to upgrade or replace GC technologies.

This month in "GC Connections," John Hinshaw discusses issues that can arise when deciding to upgrade or replace gas chromatography technologies.

A generic static headspace gas chromatographic (HSGC) method for determining common residual solvents in pharmaceuticals is described.

This article describes methods to quantitatively analyse genotoxic and potentially genotoxic impurities in pharmaceutical ingredients

LCGC provides its annual editorial index as a resource for readers.

Kevin Schug talks to Harold McNair about his illustrious career in chromatography

Mass spectrometry-based electronic nose technology (MS-nose technology) is a fast hyphenated technique for digital odour characterization of food and beverage products.

This article describes a fast, simple and clean procedure to determine three organotin compounds (monobutyltin, dibutyltyin and tributyltin) in environmental samples.