Application Notes: General

This study demonstrates high-throughput analysis of BTEX compounds from several matrices (air, water and soil). Detection limits in the single-digit part-per-billion concentration range (by volume) are readily achievable within seconds using SIFT-MS, because sample analysis is achieved without chromatography, pre-concentration, or drying. We also present a calibration approach that enables speciation of ethylbenzene from the xylenes in real-time.

This application note summarizes key SIFT-MS results presented in a peer reviewed article entitled “Unreported VOC Emissions from Road Transport Including from Electric Vehicles.” Learn how the Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratory at the University of York used SIFT-MS for VOC analysis in its platform to experimentally verify that motor vehicle screen wash is a significant unreported source of VOC emissions (especially for ethanol and methanol).

This brochure SyftEnviro environmental monitoring software which is a comprehensive solution for visualizing data from mobile monitoring campaigns. It provides a user-friendly interface for collecting, mapping, and analyzing data taken by environmental monitoring technicians while investigating environmental emissions. SyftEnviro provides the tools to identify pollution sources and take immediate action.

This publication reviews VOC pollutant monitoring applications of SIFT-MS in South Korea. SIFT-MS has been applied to emission source characterization, fenceline monitoring, ambient monitoring, pollution mapping, and incident response (including the use of drone-based sampling) for hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), odor nuisance species, and compounds that have high ozone formation potential (OFP) and/or contribute to secondary aerosol (SOA) formation.

This article will discuss several aspects of working with high purity water in LC-MS analyses including quality and handling. Solutions will be proposed for optimal water purification based on the use of complementary purification technologies combined with application-specific final filtering, and finally, the importance of water purification system maintenance will be discussed.

This article will discuss several aspects of working with high purity water in LC-MS analyses including quality and handling. Solutions will be proposed for optimal water purification based on the use of complementary purification technologies combined with application-specific final filtering, and finally, the importance of water purification system maintenance will be discussed.

In this application note the USP monograph method for naproxen sodium tablets was modernized and Analytical Method Greenness Scoring (AMGS) values were assigned to each system used. The use of newer technology including sub-2 µm columns provides not only improvements to throughput and solvent usage but also drastically improved AMGS values.