Chromatography Matters

Links to Chromacademy GC Detectors Webcast

JohnHinshaw — Thu, 13 May 2010 18:10:40 +0000

The links to the Chromacademy Webcast on GC Detectors, hosted by Tony Taylor and John Hinshaw, are now available:

Questions and answers from the webcast at Chrommunity.

Huge Helium Plant to be Built in Qatar

JohnHinshaw — Thu, 13 May 2010 18:00:21 +0000

Air Liquide was awarded a contract by RasGas to build a 38 x 10⁶ m³ annual capacity helium plant in Qatar that when completed in 2013 will account for 25% of the world’s He production. (C&EN Magazine, May 10, 2010, p. 20).

Latest ChromAcademy Webinar: Optimising GC Detectors

JohnHinshaw — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:12:31 +0000

The next ChromAcademy Webinar was held today, on Optimising GC Detectors, hosted by Tony Taylor and John Hinshaw. The session was very well attend with nearly 0.5 kPersons listening in, nearly all of whom stayed on until the very end.

I’ll post the link to the materials when available.

ChroMatters Wiki is up again

JohnHinshaw — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:51:32 +0000

I found the time to bring the ChroMatters wiki back up. Currently it contains a list of chromatography discussion groups and websites, but it’s open for registered users to add more content. Enjoy!

PittCon Podcast Theatre

JohnHinshaw — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:53:59 +0000

I had the occasion to participate in a short video interview at LC/GC’s Podcast Theater at the 2010 PittCon in Orlando. The topic was high-speed GC.

You also can view a list of all of the PodCast Theater interviews from this year’s conference.

Enjoy!

Webinar on Mobile Phase Optimization Strategies for Reversed Phase HPLC

JohnHinshaw — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 14:39:04 +0000

ChromAcademy has posted information on and a link to the webinar on Mobile Phase Optimization Strategies for Reversed Phase HPLC. This is another in the series of live webcasts on chromatography topics.

First ChromAcademy Webinar: Split-Splitless Injection

JohnHinshaw — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:07:30 +0000

The first ChromAcademy Webinar — on Split-Splitless Injection — took place on January 26. It was hosted by Tony Taylor and John Hinshaw. You can view the webcast in the archives at the Chromatographyonline website. You’ll need to register if not already so, but the presentation is free, about 1 hour long.

The next webinar will be on Optimising Detectors, April 26, 2010. I’ll post the link in here when it’s available.

ChroMatters wiki is down temporarily

JohnHinshaw — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:50:20 +0000

The ChroMatters wiki is down temporarily while the server is brought back online. Seems having a tie-wrap come loose and jam the CPU fan isn’t good for reliability… It should be back in a few days.

Update: the wiki is up but there’s no content. It’s a permissions problem. Stay tuned.

Helium prices to decrease?

JohnHinshaw — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:43:50 +0000

C&E News, in the Feb 1, 2010 issue, page 24, reports that the National Research Council has recommended to Congress that the Federal Helium Reserve needs to be better managed or the U.S. risks becoming a helium importer by 2020 – 2025. The NRC also called for assistance for scientists to better conserve helium as well as in purchasing the element.

At US$ 400 – 500 per A-size (50-L) tank, GC labs will benefit from any price decrease. But, hydrogen will remain the best alternative and may in the near future become the preferred GC carrier gas. This of course will require users to overcome any fears they have about using hydrogen, which is only a matter of education and deployment of suitable H₂ generators plus hydrogen detectors if required.

ChroMatters Wiki is up and running

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:09:09 +0000

Just got a MediaWiki install up and running at http://wiki.hrgc.com. It has lists of chromatography discussion groups, chromatography–related web sites, and an events area for upcoming and recent events of interest.

The ChroMatters wiki will be open to public membership at first, until and when it becomes unmanageable.