Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting for Successful Headspace Analysis in GC

Are you analyzing volatile analytes in a nonvolatile matrix? Would you like to avoid injecting dirty samples or nonvolatiles into your inlet? If so, headspace might be the right technique for you!

Join us as we go over the basics of headspace and how you can implement it successfully in the lab. We’ll discuss how to develop and optimize a method, and discuss troubleshooting if problems arise.

Presenter: Mark Sinnott (Application Engineer, Agilent Technologies, Inc.)

Mark Sinnott works for Agilent Technologies as a Technical Support Engineer in the Consumables and Supplies Division (CSD). In his position at Agilent, Mark performs technical support and applications assistance to gas chromatographers worldwide. He has more than 22 years of experience in gas chromatography, including environmental analysis of compounds in air, soil and water matrices, including dissolved gas analysis for the electrical industry. Mark holds a Master’s Degree in Chemistry from California State University, Sacramento, and currently resides in Twin Falls Idaho.