|Articles|May 1, 2004

LCGC North America

  • LCGC North America-05-01-2004
  • Volume 22
  • Issue 5

New GC Instruments and Accessories at the 55th Pittsburgh Conference

In this month's "GC Connections," John Hinshaw reports on new gas chromatography instruments and accessories exhibited at the 55th Pittsburgh Conference.

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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.