Key Advances for EPA 8260 and EPA 524.2 using GC/MS with Purge and Trap

by | Environmental, Hyphenated Techniques, Water

This webinar teaches you how advances in GC/MS and Purge and Trap technology have improved the determination and analysis of VOCs.

Consisting of two presentations: the first, by Joel Kelly from Pace Analytical, discusses the evolution of EPA method 8260 explaining how specific GC/MS improvements have allowed the company to resolve difficult chromatography of the past with low limits of detection. The second part, delivered by Dr Bruce Quimby, from Agilent, discusses data achieved using a 8860/5977B GC/MS instrument coupled with a Teledyne Tekmar Lumin purge and trap concentrator and an AQUATek liquid vial autosampler for the analysis of VOCs to the requirements of US EPA method 524.2.

By attending this presentation you will learn:

  • About advances that have been made in GC/MS and Purge/Trap technology, allowing to run method 8260 more efficiently.
  • How advances in GC/MS technologies have improved sensitivity, chromatography and quickened run times.
  • Key parameters for success with the purge and trap method
  • An efficient way to build both the quantitation method and VOCs library using spectral deconvolution.

The Presenters

Joel Kelly (Pace Analytical
Joel has been working in the IDEA Lab for Pace Analytical for the last two years and has fourteen years in the environmental testing industry focusing mostly on organic chemistries. Currently he evaluates new technology, develops new methods and focuses on efficiency advancement for Pace Analytical.

Bruce Quimby, Ph.D. (Senior Applications Scientist, Agilent
Dr Bruce Quimby is a Senior Applications Scientist in the Mass Spectrometry Division of Agilent Technologies, located in Wilmington, Delaware. He is currently working in GC/MS applications in multiple areas including environmental and food safety.

Published  Dec 2, 2020

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