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Room temperature and sensitive analysis of haloanisoles in wine using Vacuum-assisted headspace SPME with GC/ECD
Application Note 174

Breathe new life into your ageing GC–MS: State-of-the-art in automated sample extraction and concentration
On-demand webinar.

Novel high throughput TD–GC for breathomics workflows
Presented at IABR (International Congress for Breath Research) 2024

Eliminating lab dependency on helium as a carrier gas for TD–GC–MS
Presented at Pittcon 2023

Towards field optimised, near-real time, continuous monitoring of trace-level chemical warfare agents in air
Presented at International workshop on the analysis of chemical warfare agents to mark the 50th anniversary of VERIFIN

Enhanced analyte extraction with automated multi-phase high-capacity sorptive extraction (HiSorb™) for GC–MS
Presented at the 2nd Advances in Separation Science conference, Liege, 28–29 June 2023.

Extending established chemical warfare agent monitoring methods to emerging priority compounds using TD–GC–MS
Presented at International workshop on the analysis of chemical warfare agents to mark the 50th anniversary of VERIFIN, November 2023

TT24-7NRT – The next generation in continuous, near real time airborne chemical agent monitoring
On-demand webinar. Building on the fast cycle-times and 100% sample coverage of our tandem trap technology the new TT24-7NRT brings award-winning Multi-Gas technology to near-real-time chemical agent monitoring.

TO-15A: Is your pre-concentrator system up to the task?
On-demand webinar. Discover how to reach method detection limits for 20 ppt for all environmental 'air toxics' compounds as laid out in USA EPA Method TO-15A.

Monitoring of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) with pre-concentration and GC–MS
Watch this webinar to learn (i) how monitoring of ozone depleting substances is carried out at the global scale through networks such as AGAGE, (ii) about the MEDUSA system and the data it generates, and (iii) how Markes’ TD systems are being used for monitoring of ODS.

Balancing lab sustainability and expanding VOC monitoring requirements for air analysis
Air monitoring lists are growing in complexity, such as in ozone precursor monitoring, air toxics, and organic ozone-depleting substances. This webinar investigates how the methodology can meet the requirements of monitoring, while considering how the method can be made more sustainable, reducing running costs

Technical assistance for passive monitoring of ambient air using an extended list of POD sampling rates
Application Note 172

The POD Sampler and its role in passive air sampling – new data extends applications
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Automated Aroma and Flavour Profiling of Honey Using High-Capacity Sorptive Extraction
LCGC: The Column, September 2023

Markes and SepSolve host seminar on analytical strategies to improve data quality in biomarker discovery
The seminar brought together leading experts in volatile biomarker analysis from across the UK, and was hosted by Professor George Hanna and his research team at Imperial College London.

Measurement of PFAS in indoor air and investigation of source materials
Application Note 167

Simplifying GC–MS sample preparation for product and material testing
Webinar addressing analysts’ needs for a robust and reproducible approach to sample emissions from a wide variety of materials and products, for analysis by GC–MS, and to answer such questions as: What’s that smell? Is my product safe? Is there anything toxic in my home/car? How can I detect a harmful chemical from a material?

Key considerations when switching from solvent extraction to thermal desorption
Download this useful infographic, which compares solvent extraction and thermal desorption in terms of their cost and benefits to data quality.