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Advancing atmospheric research in India using solvent‑free, cryogen-free thermal desorption
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How to switch from helium to hydrogen carrier gas for thermal desorption – safely and confidently
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Enhancing SPME analysis of foods and beverages with cryogen-free trap focusing
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Breathing easy: Advanced monitoring of airborne chemical hazards using thermal desorption−gas chromatography
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Fully automated, cryogen-free analysis of ethylene oxide residues in medical devices by multi-step enrichment-headspace-trap
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Powering the future: Advancing volatile chemical measurement in energy gases and alternative energy sources
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Fundamentals of environmental air monitoring: Overcoming challenges in VOC analysis with advanced GC–MS techniques
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Switching to hydrogen carrier gas: An analyst’s guide to GC–MS method conversion
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Monitoring volatile gases released during PFAS destruction in accordance with US EPA OTM-50
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Improving moisture management and increasing sample throughput for environmental air monitoring
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Expanding the sample extraction toolkit for food analysis by GC–MS
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Examining flavour profiles of tea and coffee using automated sorptive extraction and advanced chemometric data-mining for GC–MS analysis – An approach for exploring food sample variability
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What is thermal desorption?
Thermal desorption (TD) is a versatile preconcentration technique for gas chromatography, which is used to analyse volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds from solids, liquids or gases.
Find out more by downloading our introductory e-book which explains more about the technique and it's place in the analytical laboratory
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Markes International
Markes International is a multi-award-winning manufacturer of instrumentation and supplies that enhance the analytical capability of GC–MS. Markes has a well-deserved reputation for its technology expertise in the field of sample automation and concentration (thermal desorption, SPME, headspace and high-capacity sorptive extraction). Markes' products are used for the detection of trace-level VOCs and SVOCs in solids, liquids and gases. The company's systems are sold worldwide, through its own global offices and network of distributors. Markes' customers encompass research, government and industrial/service laboratories, in a wide range of sectors from environmental monitoring to materials testing, and food & beverage analysis.
Markes' sister company, SepSolve Analytical Ltd, is a manufactuer of GC×GC, time-of-flight mass spectrometers and associated software
