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Agilent: Elevate the Performance of your GC (and MS): Strategies to Improve Sensitivity and Reliability with Complex Matrix Samples
In an ideal world, samples would always be clean, easy to inject and analyse and your GC and MS systems would maintain their sensitivity indefinitely. The reality is that most samples cannot be directly injected onto the GC and MS detection system, and sample preparation is often needed to achieve the desired sensitivity. Sometimes simple fixes, such as choosing the right liner, switching to a high efficiency column, or utilizing “jet clean” on the MS can make a big difference on the sensitivity of the analysis. But often, sample preparation is the critical step needed to get samples ready for GC or GC/MS(-MS) analysis. Appropriate sample preparation techniques not only make samples amenable for GC injection at concentrations suitable for detection, but also remove and prevent unwanted matrix components from accumulating and deteriorating on the GC and GC/MS flow path. We will discuss useful strategies, including choosing the right GC column and supplies, as well as what level of sample preparation, and maintenance is required for method reliability and analytical data quality, using challenging representative applications such as PAHs in salmon oil and pesticides in fatty matrices.
What does it cover?
GC high efficiency columns and liner selection, and sample preparation methods/techniques to improve the sensitivity and reliability of your GC and GC/MS analysis.
By attending this webinar you will learn:
- some of the strategies you can employ when working with complex matrix samples
- how to reduce instrument down time due to needed maintenance such as source cleaning
- how sample preparation can benefit your GC and GC/MS(-MS) analysis.
Why should you attend?
To gain better understanding of:
- strategies that can be implemented when working with complex matrix samples and still maintain the sensitivity and reliability of your GC and GC/MS(-MS) system.
- how gas quality, thermal stability, and column bleed can affect your chromatography.
- sample preparation techniques/methods and their importance to improve method sensitivity and reliability.
PLUS – Participation Bonus: Register and attend the webinar to receive a special offer from Agilent Technologies.
This presentation is suitable for…
Laboratory technicians, researchers, and scientists wishing to learn more about how to analyse heavy matrix samples and learn about sample preparation.