Optimizing Separations Using Coupled Columns and Window Diagramming
In this month's "GC Connections," guest columnist Dean Rood writes about optimizing separations using combinations of two columns connected in a series. These coupled column systems produce peak separations that are a combination of separations achieved on each column individually. He describes the geographical window diagramming approach to determining the optimal combination of column lengths for several separations and column combinations and compares the results with those obtained using mixed stationary-phase chemistry.
LCGC 17(10), 914–922 (1999)
TD-GC–MS and IDMS Sample Prep for CRM to Quantify Decabromodiphenyl Ether in Polystyrene Matrix
April 26th 2024At issue in this study was the certified value of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE 209) in a polystyrene matrix CRM relative to its regulated value in the EU Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive.
Inside the Laboratory: The Chromatography Laboratory at the University of Rouen
April 18th 2024In this edition of “Inside the Laboratory,” Pascal Cardinael and Valérie Agasse of the University of Rouen in Mont‑Saint-Aignan, France, discuss their laboratory’s work with miniaturizing gas chromatography (GC) columns and systems to improve on-site air analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
