Optimizing the GC to Get the Analytes to the MS Efficiently

One of the most difficult tasks to create an optimal and efficient GC/MS method is getting the analytes from the vial to the MS without loss or changing to another compound. Due to the complexity of the MS, it is the first to be blamed for a poor injection when in fact transferring the analytes to the MS is the culprit.

Agilent GC parameters that might have been overlooked or not understood will be defined and explained with corresponding data. Recommended maintenance and cleaning procedures will be reviewed as well as how to minimize the investigation time for a problem to correct the issue and return to a proper functioning system. At the end of this presentation, a viewer will have a set of new or refined knowledge to be a more confident and efficient GC/MS user.

Presenter: Matt Curtis (GC/MS Applications Scientist, Agilent Technologies, Inc.)

Matt joined Agilent in 2013 as a GC/MS applications scientist in the Santa Clara, CA Center of Excellence, with GC/MS experience starting as an undergraduate. His primary responsibility is focused on providing instrument demos for customer interested in each technology Agilent offers; the GC/MS single quadrupole, triple quadrupole and the quadrupole Time-of-Flight. The variety of different applications submitted to the demo lab provide a unique knowledge of optimizing parameters for each experiment.