LCGC North America-02-01-2003

This column explores and highlights recently published guidelines for bioanalytical method validation.

The authors compare thermally tuned tandem column separations with single-column optimization strategies.

This column describes the principles of stir-bar sorptive extraction and presents some typical applications.

John Hinshaw examines basic laboratory heating, ventilation, cooling, electrical, and space requirements for the successful installation of a gas chromatograph.

Products and literature for separation science.

Craig Young and John Dolan provide tips and techniques for evaporative light-scattering detection.

The authors describe a fast, simple procedure for purifying mobile phase that uses SPE disks during the filtration step.

"Milestones in Chromatography" discusses the beginnings of gas chromatography in the UK and the first two international symposia that played an important role in the dissemination of the technique.