Concluding a two-part column series, this month's "GC Connections" continues the coin-and-coffee-can analogy to represent chromatographic separation. This second part explains how the coin-toss experiment does and does not model situations encountered in real-world chromatography.
LCGC 17(11), 1010–1015 (1999).Study Examines Impact of Zwitterionic Liquid Structures on Volatile Carboxylic Acid Separation in GC
March 28th 2025Iowa State University researchers evaluated imidazolium-based ZILs with sulfonate and triflimide anions to understand the influence of ZILs’ chemical structures on polar analyte separation.
Quantifying Microplastics in Meconium Samples Using Pyrolysis–GC-MS
March 26th 2025Using pyrolysis-gas chromatography and mass spectrometry, scientists from Fudan University and the Putuo District Center for Disease Control and Prevention detected and quantified microplastics in newborn stool samples.