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4. GCxGC or two-dimensional integral gas chromatography
4.1 Principle
GCxGC (comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography) is an analytical technique that emerged in the early 1990s . The special feature of this technique is that volatile compounds are separated by two capillary columns, placed one after the other in the oven(s) of a chromatography unit, and coupled by a modulation system. As already mentioned, this technique involves passing the entire 1D chromatogram onto a secondary (2D) column. This feat is only made possible by modulating the 1D effluent, i.e....
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GCxGC or two-dimensional integral gas chromatography
Bibliography
Websites
Chromedia: website dedicated to chromatography http://www.chromedia.org/chromedia (page consulted on December 8, 2010)
RIC: site dedicated to analytical sciences (training, equipment, expertise) http://www.richrom.com (page...
Events
Congress: International Symposium on Capillary Chromatography and GCxGC, annual conference in Riva del Garda http://www.ric.eu/riva/index.php
PITTCON, annual conference in Atlanta http://www.pittcon.org/
HTC, International Symposium on...
Directory
Manufacturers – Suppliers – Distributors (non-exhaustive list)
Two-dimensional heart-cutting chromatography systems, GC-GC
Agilent http://www.chem.agilent.com/ (page consulted on December 8, 2010)
Documentation –Training – Seminars
Thesis. TRAN (T.C.). – Characterization of crude oils and atmospheric organic compounds by using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography technique (GCxGC). RMIT University (2009). http://researchbank.rmit. edu.au/view/rmit:6118.
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