New Webinar Announcement - From Helium to Hydrogen: GC-MS Case Study on SVOCs in Water

The SelectScience Editors are pleased to announce a complimentary, live educational webinar entitled “From Helium to Hydrogen: GC-MS Case Study on SVOCs in Water,” featuring guest speakers Alexander Semyonov and Jessie Butler from Thermo Fisher Scientific.

The analysis of semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) in water, specifically U.S. EPA Method 8270, involves identification and quantitation of more than 120 analytes of varying chemical structure, polarity and volatility. The diversity of the analytes in this method presents particular challenges when migrating from helium to hydrogen carrier gas.

This presentation will discuss the key modifications to both GC and MS set up necessary for the successful migration to hydrogen carrier gas and will examine the effect of each parameter on data quality. A case study for the fast GC-MS analysis of SVOCs will be presented, as well as the final optimized method fully migrated to hydrogen carrier gas.

In this webinar you will learn the key differences in the physical properties of helium and hydrogen as they apply to GC-MS and acquire troubleshooting skills and knowledge about using hydrogen as carrier gas in GC-MS. In addition you will learn the best practice of analyzing SVOCs in water, including fully developed, tested, and validated U.S. EPA Method 8270.

Ami Miller, Associate Editor at SelectScience, will be leading a live Q&A session following the webinar.

Webinar Information:

Date: Thursday 13th December 2012

Time: 8:00am PST/11:00am EST/ 16:00pm GMT

Check the time of the webinar in your country here.

Duration: 45 minute discussion, followed by a 15 minute live Q&A

Learn more or register for this educational webinar here.

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