Applied Maintenance & Troubleshooting for GC & GC-MS (LAPTOP REQUIRED)
Sunday, March 2, 2025 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM · 8 hr. 30 min. (America/New_York)
Short Course Office - Room 153A
Short Course
Instrumentation & Nanoscience
Information
This course has been approved by the Royal Society of Chemistry for purposes of Continuing Professional Development. It looks at the parts of the GC and GC-MS system requiring maintenance, going in depth into the frequency of maintenance operations and how to identify when maintenance is required. The course also looks at preparing for problems, how to identify them in the system and the step-by-step troubleshooting process. Participants will consolidate their knowledge gained through practical exercises on troubleshooting chromatograms, learning how to identify problems and determine which part of the instrument could be causing issues. Overall, there is a strong emphasis on the practical aspects of GC and GC-MS, with instrument parts to observe and handle.
Day of Week
Sunday
Session Number
SC-4885
Application
Instrumentation
Methodology
Gas Chromatography/GCMS
Primary Focus
Application
Short Course Information
Course Level
Intermediate
Duration
Full Day Course
Learning Objective
You will learn about each part of the instrument requiring maintenance and why, when maintenance is required and how frequently maintenance is required for each instrument part and consumable.
You will learn the logical steps of instrument troubleshooting and how to break the instrument down into modules.
You will learn how to examine chromatograms, identify any problems seen and determine which part of the instrument could be the cause and gain practical experience of this process.
Course Outline
The course covers in detail the parts of the system requiring maintenance and the logical steps
of troubleshooting, covering:
GC Maintenance:
Gases & plumbing
Autosamplers
Inlets
Columns
GC detectors
MS maintenance:
Air & water checks & tuning
MS parts
PC maintenance
Suggested maintenance schedules
Logical troubleshooting
Problem areas:
Samples
Gases & plumbing
Autosamplers
Inlets
Columns
GC detectors
Leaks
Mass spectrometer vacuum
Mass spectrometer sensitivity
General problems:
Chromatogram examination
Contamination
Sensitivity
Retention time shifts
Target Audience
This course is aimed at participants with good knowledge of gas chromatography and would like to learn in detail about maintenance and troubleshooting.
Early Fee (before Jan 16, 2025)
$900.00
Full Fee (after Jan 16, 2025)
$1100.00
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