Inlet Selection, Optimization and Troubleshooting for Your GC and GCMS Instrument

The inlet is the beginning of successful chromatography. For optimum results, one must use the correct type of inlet, the correct consumables, and the correct parameters. To be efficient we must keep it clean and be proactive with our maintenance.

This presentation will discuss the most common types of inlets used, how to configure them properly and how to maintain them to keep your application up and running.

Presenter: Simon Jones (GC Applications Engineer/Scientist, Agilent Technologies, Inc.)

Simon Jones has over 23 years of GC experience. For the last 15 years, he has been with Agilent as a GC applications engineer/scientist based out of the GC column manufacturing facility in Folsom California. In his roles he has assisted with application development, troubleshooting chromatographic issues, and assisting with instrument configurations. Prior to joining Agilent in 2005, he worked in an analytical lab for the power industry, developing and optimizing testing methodologies for insulating fluids and materials in transformers.

Presenter: Ron Honnold (Application Scientist, Agilent Technologies, Inc.)

Ron Honnold, Ph.D. is an Applications Scientist in the Life Sciences and Applied Markets Group (LSAG) at Agilent Technologies; Santa Clara, CA. Ron is an experienced analytical chemist and mass spectrometrist with more than 30 years of experience using state-of-the-art analytical systems. Currently he is responsible for applications and methods development related to GC-MS products, particularly for single quadrupole (GC/MS), triple quadrupole (GC-MS/MS), and quadrupole time of flight (GC-QTOF). Ron is also a member of the Agilent Cannabis Task Group focusing on pesticides, terpenes, and residual solvents.