Fast gas chromatography of various sample types using fast oven temperature programming

Applications of fast gas chromatography (GC) using rapid column oven temperature programming are described for a variety of samples including standard solutions of hydrocarbons and poly-cyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and more complex samples including perfumed mineral oil and food products. Results for the standard solutions using fast temperature programming GC are compared with those using conventional GC and fast GC on a conventional instrument. The more complex samples are analyzed using fast oven temperature programming, demonstrating precision in the chromatographic data as well as the feasibility of quantitation when doing a fast GC analysis. Many applications can be run much faster than with published conventional GC methods without significant loss in resolution.