Herein is disclosed an inlet liner for use within an injection port of a capillary gas chromatograph. The inlet liner can include a first fused quartz tube and a second fused quartz tube aligned along a common longitudinal axis; the outside surface of the first fused quartz tube affixed to the inside surface of the second fused quartz tube. In certain instances, the tubers are affixed at two points along the longitudinal axis thereby defining a hermetically sealed volume between the outside surface of the first quartz tube and the inside surface of the second fused quartz tube, wherein the hermetically sealed volume entrains a reactive surface.

The present invention relates to a device and an arrangement for selective solvent evaporation from a liquid feed, the feed comprising one or more components diluted in at least a first solvent or a solvent blend, comprising: a) a first tubular vessel having a distal end or a channel suitable for the formation of a droplet of a first volume, at an inflow rate n, at the tip or in the lumen of the tubular vessel, and b) means for subjecting the droplet to a solvent removal step at an evaporation rate r.sub.2 to evaporate at least part of the first solvent or solvent blend, to accumulate the components in the feed in the droplet during the evaporation process at an accumulation rate r.sub.3, to obtain a concentrated feed volume in a concentrated droplet, wherein the evaporation and/or inflow rates are continuously adjusted to achieve a desired accumulation rate. The invention further relates to a method for selective solvent removal from an analyte mixture obtained in a chromatographic separation process.

An apparatus for detecting a presence of at least one analyte in a gas sample. The apparatus comprises a pump for drawing a gas sample from an ambient air, a passage having first and second ends, a chamber connected to the first end and containing a concentrating element for collecting at least one analyte from the gas sample, a chromatographic separator connected to a second end of the passage, and a gas source for streaming a carrier gas via the chamber to transfer the at least one analyte toward at least one chemical detector, via the chromatographic separator, in a first direction. The pump draws the gas sample via the chamber in a second direction and the first and second directions are substantially opposing to one another.

A non-destructive method for analyzing a cork stopper for the presence of 2,4,6-trichloroanisole. The stopper is introduced into a hermetically closed container. The container containing the stopper is heated under conditions vaporizing any 2,4,6-trichloroanisole present in the stopper. A gaseous sample of the atmosphere surrounding the stopper in the container is collected and analyzed for the presence of 2,4,6-trichloroanisole. This method allows the selection, in a batch of cork stoppers, of the stoppers that are substantially free of 2,4,6-trichloroanisole, in a non-destructive manner.

The present disclosure relates to embodiments of a systems and methods including a rock sample loading cell, with submission to vacuum and temperature control. A system allows the direct chromatographic analysis of the rocks, without the need for early extraction and sample preparation, which reduces the cost of analysis time and solvents, and favors less generation of residue. Additionally, by means of an integrated vacuum system, it promotes the elimination of air and the increase in the detection of light components from C3 to C10, previously eliminated by the solvent evaporation processes applied in the conventional analysis methods that use early extraction of the rock. The system can be applied to any valved gas chromatography equipment with a gas injection loop, with flame ionization detection (FID) or even a mass spectrometer.

A device for biological sample preparation and analysis is disclosed. The device includes a substrate and a plurality of spaced apart arrays disposed on an upper surface of the substrate. Each array includes a plurality of reaction vessels, each reaction vessel having a hydrophilic surface. A hydrophilic ring surrounds each array. Methods of making and using the device are also disclosed.

A combustion gas absorption liquid generation device includes a supplier, a combuster that generates a combustion gas by combusting and decomposing a sample, and an absorber that causes an absorption liquid to absorb the combustion gas generated in the combuster. The supplier supplies the sample supplied from a sample supplier to the combuster, and supplies the absorption liquid supplied from an absorption liquid supplier to the absorber.

The present disclosure relates to a technical field of analysis, and provides a flash evaporator and a gas chromatograph including the flash evaporator, which can avoid pressure buildup of a sample after vaporization and completely vaporize a sample by a heating module. The flash evaporator is applied to sample pretreatment of a gas chromatograph. The flash evaporator includes a sample inlet, a gas sample outlet, a heating module, and a flow restriction device. The heating module communicates with the sample inlet and the gas sample outlet, performs flash evaporation on a liquid sample entering the sample inlet to obtain a gas sample, and delivers the gas sample to the gas chromatograph through the gas sample outlet. In particular, the flash evaporator also includes the flow restriction device disposed in a pipeline between the heating module and the sample inlet.

A gas chromatograph includes: a gas chromatograph body having an interior space thermally isolated from an outside; at least one sample vaporization unit mounted on an upper portion of the gas chromatograph body, the sample vaporization unit having a housing provided therein with a heating space surrounded by a heater and being configured to vaporize a sample injected into the heating space by heat from the heater and introduce the vaporized sample into the gas chromatograph body; and at least one cooling fan mounted on the gas chromatograph body to correspond to the at least one sample vaporization unit to blow cooling air toward the least one sample vaporization unit. A heat insulating member is interposed between the gas chromatograph body and the at least one cooling fan to thermally isolate the at least one cooling fan from the gas chromatograph body.

A sample vaporization unit configured for vaporizing a sample injected from a syringe needle while supplying a carrier gas into a column is provided with a pipe, a heat conductive member, and a heater. The column is inserted into the pipe. The heat conductive member is provided along the outer circumference of the pipe. The heater is provided along the outer circumference of the heat conductive member. The heat conductive member is in line contact with the pipe along the axial direction in which the column extends at a plurality of circumferential locations on the outer circumferential surface of the pipe.