LCGC Europe-10-01-2015

Multi-Toxin Determination in Food – The Power of "Dilute and Shoot" Approaches in LC–MS–MS

Solvent costs too high? Here are some ideas on how to decrease the amount of mobile phase you use.

An excerpt from LCGC’s e-learning tutorial on solid-phase extraction at CHROMacademy.com

In GC split injection systems as much as 99% or more of the injected sample never enters the column: It is released downstream of the inlet where it can encounter and possibly perturb precision gas control devices. The split-vent trap acts to prevent or at least moderate such effects. This month’s instalment addresses the operation and maintenance of split-vent traps.

Given some recent, significant safety incidents, this month we step back and take a quick refresher on safety concerns to be aware of during our sample preparation activities.

The 40th International Symposium on Capillary Chromatography (ISCC) and the 13th GC×GC Symposium will once again be held in Riva del Garda, Italy, from 29 May to 3 June 2016.

Click the title above to open the LCGC Europe October 2015 regular issue, Vol 28, No 10, in an interactive PDF format.