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TRACE LEVEL ANALYSIS OF NDMA USING GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY AND THE LUMA™ MULTI-CHANNEL VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET (VUV) DETECTOR
Mutagenic impurities, such as nitrosamines are thought to cause DNA mutations, potentially leading to cancer. Since 2018 there has been a concerted effort by various regulatory…
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Measuring Moisture in Acetonitrile Using Gas Chromatography and the LUMA Vacuum Ultraviolet (VUV) Detector: Trace Levels and Beyond
The water content of organic solvents is one of the crucial properties that affect the quality of the products and the efficiency of the manufacturing processes.…
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Fast Analysis of Diesel and Biodiesel using GC-VUV
Fast Analysis of Diesel and Biodiesel using Gas Chromatography – Vacuum Ultraviolet Spectroscopy In an effort to become more environmentally conscious, fuel refineries are pushing more…
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Determination of Olefins in Condensates and Upgraded Bitumen by Gas Chromatography (GC) using a Vacuum Ultraviolet (VUV) Detector
Chris Goss, InnoTech Alberta and Lee Marotta, PerkinElmer
Pittcon 2018 presentation describes a GC-VUV method for the analysis of conjugated olefins in complex fuel matrices such as condensate and naphtha streams. GC-VUV is able…
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Determination of Hydrocarbon Group Types and Select Hydrocarbons in Gasoline in Less than 15 Minutes Using Gas Chromatography-Vacuum Ultraviolet Spectroscopy
Jack Cochran, VUV Analytics
GCC 2018 presentation demonstrates PIONA GC analysis simplified by ASTM D8071 using VUV PIONA+. BTEX compound speciation, resolution of co-eluting peaks, and fast GC runs are…
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VUV Applications in Petroleum Analysis: The Application of ASTM D8071 for Oxyblends and Non-Specified Matrices
Thomas Gröger, Joint Mass Spectrometric Centre of University of Rostock & the Helmholtz Zentrum München
PEFTEC 2017 presentation shows ASTM D8071 applied to oxygenates not specified by the method. GC-VUV PIONA GC analysis comparability w/ Reformulyzer is demonstrated. GCxGC-VUV analysis of…
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An Overview of Gas Chromatography – Vacuum Ultraviolet Spectroscopy for Petrochemical Analysis
Kevin A. Schug, University of Texas, Arlington
PEFTEC 2017 presentation overviews GC-VUV capabilities for petrochemical analysis including isomer differentiation, deconvolution of co-eluting analytes, and compound class analysis. Weathered diesel fuel analysis by GC…
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PIONA GC Analysis: VUV vs. DHA vs. Reformulyzer
Dan Wispinski, Alberta Innovates Technology Future
GCC 2016 presentation comparing GC-VUV with detailed hydrocarbon analysis (DHA) and Reformulyzer for PIONA GC analysis in gasoline samples. Study showed superior performance of GC-VUV relative…
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Discriminating Isomers and Isotopologues using Gas Chromatography – Vacuum Ultraviolet Spectroscopy
Dr. Kevin A. Schug, et al., University of Texas, Arlington
Dr. Schug's presentation at ISCC and GCxGC 2017 discusses how Sum Squared Residual values relate to the differentiation of isomers by GC-VUV. Isomer systems investigated include…
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