Are you Dyeing from Using ASTM D1319 for Determining Olefins and Aromatics in Gasoline-Range Samples?
Jack Cochran, VUV Analytics
Jack discusses the limitations of ASTM D1319 in comparison to ASTM D8071, which does not need FIA silica dye in order to determine select hydrocarbons in…
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Thinking Outside of the Box, Part 3: Sit Back, Relax, and Speed Up Your Gasoline Data Analysis
Ryan Schonert, VUV Analytics
Ryan identifies how the GC-VUV PIONA+ method of identifying classes of compounds can help save your business time and money.
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The Ynestein of Gas Chromatography Detectors: Vacuum Ultraviolet Spectroscopy
Jack Cochran, VUV Analytics
Jack Cochran demonstrates how GC-VUV can play a role in accurate quantification for aromatic-alkynes, even when they coelute with other compounds, based on their characteristic spectra.
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Quantitative VUV Spectral Deconvolution of Coeluting Methylstyrene Isomers
Jack Cochran, VUV Analytics
Jack Cochran demonstrates how methylstyrenes can be analyzed with GC-VUV, using quantitative VUV spectral deconvolution.
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Thinking Outside of the Box, Part 2: Drugs of Abuse Isomeric Distinction Made Easy with GC-VUV
Ryan Schonert, VUV Analytics
Ryan compares the advantages and challenges of working with GC-FID, GC-MS and GC-VUV when distinguishing isomers in drugs of abuse.
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VUV Spectra Have Class! Styrene and Other Aromatic-Olefin Compounds
Jack Cochran, VUV Analytics
Jack Cochran analyses how Paraffins, isoparaffins, olefins, naphthenes, and aromatics (PIONA) have similar spectra within their respective classes, and how to classify combinations of these classes…
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How Makeup Gas Pressure Affects Peak Areas and Retention Times in GC-VUV Analysis
James Diekmann, VUV Analytics
James Diekmann discuses how makeup gas pressure can be used to adjust the sensitivity of GC-VUV by altering the peak area and size.
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“You Make Some Good Points about Small Molecule VUV Spectra, Jack.” Aldehydes
Jack Cochran, VUV Analytics
Jack Cochran's third part in the series regarding VUV spectra in small molecules -- specifically in aldehydes and gasoline.
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Last Call for Alcohol! Using VUV Spectroscopy to Overcome GC Coelutions for Small Molecules
Jack Cochran, VUV Analytics
Jack Cochran's blog on using VUV spectroscopy to overcome GC Coelutions for small molecules, specifically the spectra for primary alcohols, in a way that GC-MS and…
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