LCGC North America-05-01-2009

Presented here are four types of evaporation-free extractions that are widely applicable.

John Hinshaw presents his review of all that was new and innovative at Pittcon 2009 in the field of gas chromatography.

Without question, the current acetonitrile shortage has become the hottest topic in the chromatography world in recent memory. The influx of shortage-related articles, conservation tips, and even explorations of alternative separations instrumentation has been enormous at LCGC, with many brilliant and innovative ideas being presented to get laboratories through these hard times

The ionic strength of a sample and the solvent used to dissolve it play a pivotal role in routine capillary electrophoresis (CE).

This is the third installment in a series of LC Troubleshooting columns that focus on calibration curves used for LC methods. Here, John Dolan considers some alternate ways to look at the data to determine if they appear to be normal or are trying to tell us something is amiss.

The guest columnists review SBSE and HSSE and examine their advantages and limitations, along with providing approaches to overcoming the latter.