High resolution separation column Mass detection

Samples are analysed using gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS). This instmment separates the organic hydrocarbons in the extract with a very high resolution fused silica capillary column prior to mass spectrometric detection. Acquisition parameters have been customized to detect the target list of 162 hydrocarbons with the sensitivity required to obtain 1 part-per-trillion reporting limits which represents an innovation in these analytics. 

Applications of cze include the detection of trace amounts of DNA and the separation of peptide fragments. Furthermore, this technique is beneficial to forensic scientists because restriction mapping can be performed, allowing assays for DNA to be carried out at the scene of a crime (see Forensic testing). It is also possible to interface capillary electrophoresis on-line with a mass spectrometer as a sample introduction technique in the analysis of amino acids and proteins (70). Further improvements in capillary electrophoresis include the need to increase column capacity. Most reported separations involve the resolution of only 20—30 components, whereas high resolution hplc is capable of resolving several hundred components in a mixture (see Chromatography). 

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