Analyzing Ethanol in Diesel with Static Headspace – GC-VUV
Jack Cochran, VUV Analytics
Ethanol is a common “oxygenate” added to automobile gasoline in the United States to enable more complete combustion and reduced air pollution. Typically, ethanol is not…
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Fast Residual Solvent Analysis by GC-VUV
Lindsey Shear-Laude, VUV Analytics
Lindsey Shear-Laude describes residual solvent analysis in pharmaceutical products by GC-VUV and static headspace. GC run times are reduced by >5X and solvent classes can be…
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Better Living Through (Flavor) Chemistry Part 1 – We Don’t Need No Separation, We Don’t Need No Flow Control
Alex Hodgson, VUV Analytics
Alex describes how GC-VUV is able to differentiate terpene isomers, and why it's possible to speed up GC run times and increase sample throughput.
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The Simplest Answers Are the Best: VUV Spectroscopy & Constitutional Isomers
Derrell Sloan, Ph.D., Customer Support Manager, VUV Analytics
Customer Support Manager Derrell Sloan explains the fundamentals that enable VUV spectroscopy to differentiate between constitutional isomers.
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PIONA GC Analysis and the Petrol-Fueled Adventures of the VGA-100
James Diekmann, VUV Analytics
James explains how the success of ASTM D8071 in simplifying PIONA GC analysis has led to VGA-100 installations across the globe.
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“Let No One Ignorant of Chromatography Enter Here”
Jonathan Smuts, VUV Analytics
In chromatography, detectors like FID and TCD have a single response factor (RF) per analyte. Spectral detectors like mass spectrometry and VUV spectroscopy can have more…
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Let’s Chat About YOUR Absorbance Spectroscopy
James Diekmann, VUV Analytics
The VGA-100 and VGA-101 are GC detectors based on absorbance spectroscopy. The absorbance spectroscopic fingerprints we obtain are intrinsic to a compound and don’t vary.
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Rapid Equilibration of Samples for Residual Solvents Analysis by Static Headspace – GC-VUV
Jack Cochran, VUV Analytics
Jack describes using a combination of water and DMSO in residual solvents analysis in pharmaceutical products using static headspace - GC-VUV. GC run times are reduced…
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Residual Solvent Analysis – Matching a Fast Autosampler with a Fast Absorbance Spectrometer
Jack Cochran, VUV Analytics
Some static headspace instruments do not provide shaking, and that can lead to substantially longer equilibration times. Learn more about residual solvent analysis, and matching a…
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