LCGC Europe-09-01-2020

Gas chromatographs today are easy to use. With modern web-based controls and data analysis, you don’t even have to be in the laboratory to run the instrument and collect the data. In this first instalment on how this magic happens, we discuss signal generation and processing from a classical flame ionization detector (FID), so that you can use the data to make decisions.

This article uses case studies to explore the use and misuse of spreadsheet calculations in conjunction with a chromatography datasystem (CDS) in regulated GXP laboratories. What wonders of non-compliance will we find? How and when should spreadsheets be used in chromatographic analysis?