Tom Brettell, an associate professor of chemistry at Cedar Crest College, USA, recently conducted a survey of gas chromatography column use in forensic laboratories in the United States. Here is what he found, in terms of the types of columns they are using and the problems they face.
A method coupling gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) and multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) tracks lipid markers of decomposition in commingled remains.
This week's top stories on the Chromatography Online website spotlight LCGC International's new SFC-focused interview series charting the technique's rise alongside LC and GC, complemented by a practical GC data-reporting refresher and a study using chromatography to detect trace pesticides in tap water.
Headspace gas chromatography-ion mobility spectrometry (HS-GC-IMS) and gas chromatography-olfactometry-mass spectrometry (GC-O-MS) reveal aroma compounds in two Sichuan pepper oils.