Tag Archives: gas chromatography mass spectrometry

“Can you take a quick look and tell me what’s in this?”

Posted on 11th January 2012 by Ray Perkins

How many times have you been asked that question? Assuming the “what” is a small organic molecule, then GC-MS is the tool that you would probably turn to, but you can easily come to grief with the sample preparation and introduction, … Continue reading →

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Automated Extraction and Analysis from 40ml Vials

Posted on 6th July 2011 by Ray Perkins

Automated extraction and injection from 2ml and 20ml vials has always been possible using the GERSTEL Multi Purpose Sampler, however sometimes 20ml vials are just too small for the job in hand. If you click on this link, you can … Continue reading →

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Stir Bar Sorptive Extraction – Are We Missing Something?

Posted on 4th April 2011 by Ray Perkins

A few weeks ago, at Pittcon 2011 in Atlanta, I bumped into David Benanou of Veolia Water. David informed me that he had recently attracted over 1,200 people to a conference in France that he had organized, on the topic … Continue reading →

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