Hands-on Heart-Cutting

This one day course is designed to introduce the fundamental concepts of GC+GC. It combines a mixture of classroom based presentations with hands-on software and hardware lab exercises to give you comprehensive training. It will review the operation of the Agilent Deans Switch flow modulator.

This course includes an introduction to heart-cutting gas chromatography; selection and installation of the column set into the CFT device; development of the method and analysis of the data.

Learning outcomes

• You will learn the theory of heart-cutting gas chromatography (GC+GC)
• You will learn about the types of heart-cutting switches
• You will learn and gain practical experience on the selection, set-up and installation of the column set into a Deans switch
• You will learn how to maintain the GC+GC hardware set up
• You will gain practical experience by creating a GC+GC method, analysing a sample and reviewing the results
• You will learn the common troubleshooting problems of the technique
• You will learn about the benefits of heart-cutting gas chromatography (GC+GC)

Prerequisites

This course is for someone experienced in gas chromatography. If you have difficult and complex samples and wish to explore improving the resolution of your analysis through heart-cutting, then you should attend this course.

Additional information

This course is run on demand - please contact us to book.