In Star Trek, Mr. Spock’s hand-held tricorder can instantly tell what something is made of. We don’t have tricorders yet, but we’re getting close. Portable devices just a little too big to hold in one ...

Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC×GC) integrated with mass spectrometry represents a state-of-the-art analytical technique that significantly enhances the separation and ...

On-line analyzers are of growing importance for process monitoring, optimization, and control of numerous large-scale applications across the refining, petrochemical, power generation, metals, and ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Agilent Technologies Inc. (A) (NYSE: A) today announced the latest enhancements to the Agilent 8850 Gas Chromatograph (GC), including compatibility with single ...

This GC-IRMS system is configured to perform compound-specific isotope analysis of compounds that are separable via gas chromatography, and can measure either δ 2 H or δ 13 C.

Gas chromatography is an innovative technique that uses an inert carrier gas for separating and quantitating vaporized compounds. It is based on principles similar to column permeation chromatography, ...

Engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology are working on a sensor that detects minute quantities of hazardous gases, including toxic industrial chemicals and chemical warfare agents, much ...

Gas chromatography was discovered by Russian-Italian botanist, Mikhail Semyonovich Tsvet, in the early 1900s. The separation technique is used to first split the chemical components of a mixture, then ...

Tradeoffs between resolution, sensitivity, and speed are inevitable in chemical analysis but strides are being taken to boost resolution and to improve “qual-quant” methods that enable researchers to ...

Gas chromatography–ion mobility spectrometry (GC–IMS) is a recent technique applied to food flavor analysis – including the evaluation of food freshness, processing of food products, and changes in ...