20 February 2014 Issue

Look inside for practical advice on separation science and thought-provoking commentary.

Separation science and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Chris Reddy from the Woods Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) spoke to Alasdair Matheson of The Column about the role of chromatography in the ongoing environmental analysis of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, how GCxGC works in practice, and why this oil spill led to the return of thin layer chromatography (TLC) to his laboratory.

Characterizing allergens in cosmetics by GCxGC–TOF-MS

The detection and quantitation of allergens in complex cosmetics extracts using two-dimensional gas chromatography-time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GCxGC-TOS-MS) is described.

Incognito asks if changing the carrier gas requires a full method revalidation

Incognito investigates if changing the carrier gas really requires a full method revalidation.

A preview of ISC 2014 in Salzburg, Austria

The hills will be alive with the sound of chromatography when the 30th International Symposium on Chromatography (ISC 2014) takes place from 14-18 September 2014 in Salzburg, Austria.