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19 February 2015
LCGC TV: Kevin Schug on Vacuum Ultraviolet Detection for Gas Chromatography
Gas chromatography (GC) is often regarded as a mature technology and some say that the application base has become routine; however, conventional detectors may not be able to keep up with the speed of separations that can be achieved today. In this new video Kevin Schug from the University of Texas Arlington, USA, talks about the development of a new vacuum ultraviolet (UV) detector, from the initial idea to the fundamentals of its operation.
Pressurized Liquid Extraction Applications Notebook
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From the Archives — A GC Troubleshooter's Toolkit
In this instalment of GC Connections the tools and accessories for the gas chromatographer are presented. Have you got what you need in your troubleshooting toolkit?
 

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Powerful Protein Characterization Using CE
The Column spoke to Dr. Rob Haselberg from the VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands, about his work characterizing proteins using capillary electrophoresis.
Quality Control of Dietary Supplements - Chromatographic Approaches for CGMP Compliance
The dietary supplement industry has grown to become a multibillion-dollar-a-year market. Concurrent with this growth, the FDA has implemented new current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) regulations (21 CFR part 111) that mandate appropriate quality control and process control testing for dietary supplements, from incoming materials to finished goods.  Click here to view the on-demand webinar and download the complimentary infographic.

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Tips & Tricks GPC/SEC: Calibration Using Broad Standards
For polymeric materials where no narrowly distributed molar mass standards are available, reliable and true molar masses can be obtained using well-characterized samples of broad molar mass distribution. This approach does not require additional instrumentation and offers an alternative to using molar mass sensitive detectors such as on-line light scattering or on-line viscometry detectors.
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Research News: Detecting New Psychoactive Substances in Hair
A simple and rapid ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC–MS–MS) method to identify new psychoactive substances (NPS) in hair was recently published in the Journal of Chromatography A.
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