
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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A New Dimension in Fire Debris Analysis: Detecting Compounds in Weathered Gasoline Samples
Sarah Pina, Paul Johnson, James Diekmann, Adam B. Hall
A novel GC-VUV method of fire debris analysis is proposed. Preliminary analyses have shown the method's potential for differentiating gasoline brands and relative amounts of evaporation.
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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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Residual Solvent Analysis – Improving Static Headspace Sampling with Water
Jack Cochran, VUV Analytics
Detectability in static headspace – GC for residual solvent analysis is largely driven by a solvent’s ability to partition from the pharmaceutical ingredient diluent into the…
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Carbohydrate Analysis by Gas Chromatography
Journal of Chromatography A
Methodology for qualitative and quantitative carbohydrate analysis by gas chromatography coupled to vacuum ultraviolet detection (GC-VUV) is presented.
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Residual Solvent Analysis – Non-Target Analysis
Jack Cochran, VUV Analytics
Our first efforts at doing residual solvent analysis in pharmaceutical products using static headspace – GC-VUV involved the Class 1 and Class 2 compounds specified by…
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LCGC Interview: Kevin Schug on Vacuum Ultraviolet Detection for GC [Part 4]
[LCGC Video]: Dr. Kevin A. Schug, University of Texas, Arlington
Dr. Kevin Schug discusses Vacuum Ultraviolet Detection: how VUV spectroscopy provides universal detection across a variety of applications including fatty acids, petroleum products, and pesticides analysis.
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LCGC Interview: Kevin Schug on Vacuum Ultraviolet Detection for GC [Part 3]
[LCGC Video]: Dr. Kevin A. Schug, University of Texas, Arlington
Kevin Schug discusses the benefits the vacuum ultraviolet detector has to offer to chromatographers
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