Publication|Videos|April 10, 2024

Live Demonstration of Real-Time Trace Gas Analysis by SIFT-MS

At Pittcon 2024, Massood Kadir, Business Development Manager at Syft Technologies, gave a live demonstration of real-time trace gas analysis by SIFT-MS, a direct mass spectrometry technique.

Key Learning Objectives:

• See a live demonstration of real-time trace gas analysis by SIFT-MS, a direct mass spectrometry technique.
• Learn about the unique capabilities of SIFT-MS and how it differs from legacy chromatographic approaches to analyte characterization.
• See the analysis of volatile compounds and impurities in consumer products such as Tic Tac® mints and hand sanitizers by next-generation SIFT-MS.


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Figure 2. Split injection used to measure triplicate test of MTBE, hexane, o-xylene, and 1-methylnaphthalene comparing different solvents (methanol, methylene chloride) and column insertion distances starting with 0.5 mm, 5.0 mm, 10.0 mm, 15 mm, and 20.0 mm. Methanol had the best performance at the 5.0 mm insertion distance and methylene chloride looked slightly better at the 0.5 mm. We would still recommend not going below the 5.0 mm manufacturer recommended insertion distance.
Revisiting insertion distance for methanol and methylene chloride in GC analysis and confirming that insertion depth strongly affects response and reproducibility.