Thermo Fisher Scientific has introduced the Thermo Scientific Tracegold GC range of gas chromatography (GC) columns for petrochemical, environmental, forensic science and food safety applications.
The metal capillary columns are suitable for use in demanding high-temperature environments and can process highly active samples and analytes without incurring any damage.
The new Tracegold GC metal columns are optimised for high-throughput analyses because they are resistant to the column breakdown and bleed often caused by repeated sample runs.
To accommodate a variety of analytical protocols, Tracegold GC metal columns are available in three stationary phase formats - TG-1MT, TG-5MT and TG-WAXMT - with a range of column lengths, internal diameters and film thicknesses.
GC is a common technique used in the analysis of volatile and semi-volatile compounds, and Tracegold GC metal columns are optimised to enhance analytical workflows in which high sample volume or activity are common.
Highly demanding workflows impose stresses on standard GC capillary columns, causing column bleed that leads to high background readings, peak spreading and tailing.
The Tracegold GC columns, however, are designed to withstand common stresses and to prevent column breakdowns and column bleeds.