Agilent Technologies is to host an e-seminar on 'Advanced Analytical Technologies for Analysing Environmental Matrixes Contaminated with Petroleum Hydrocarbons' on 8 July 2010.
The e-seminar will discuss the newest methods and technologies used to help customers identify the best technology solutions for testing environmental and food matrixes contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons.
Various applications will be discussed for analysing volatile organic compounds (VOCs), semi-VOCs, petroleum hydrocarbons and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in marine water, sediment and seafood.
Advanced technologies are used to increase sample analysis productivity and enhance detection limit, including Quechers with dispersive SPE for clean-up; GC with capillary flow technology backflush and LTM-GC; GC/MS, GC/MS/MS, LC/FLD; and LC- QQQ, Q-TOF LC/MS.
The e-seminar will focus on the use of Quechers, GC/MS and the newly developed Agilent GC/MS/MS PAH analysers.
GC/MS/MS PAH analysers are turnkey systems that have undergone complete factory setup and chemical testing prior to shipment so that samples can be run on day one.
The analysers come with a set of calibration standards and documentation to significantly reduce method development and start-up time.
Backflush, based on capillary flow technology, is built-in to reduce overall cycle time and optimise uptime.
Sample preparation is accomplished using fast and simple Agilent Quechers PAH kits that offer the environmental benefit of eliminating the use of a chlorinated solvent.
The combination of Quechers and advanced GC/MS technologies can reduce overall analysis time by a factor of five and improve detection limits versus the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration standard method.
