By the end of this course delegates will be able to:

• A greater understanding of why and how separations techniques work as they do
• An ability to select and employ appropriate separations methods for various analysis problems
• An aptitude for making the calculations necessary in utilizing the various separation techniques. Having met these goals, you will be able to effectively employ chromatography and other separations methods in your research.

Analytical chemists, laboratory supervisors, laboratory technicians, GC technicians, research and development scientists, instrument specialists, and quality assurance/control managers.

Module One:

• Introduction to separation science
• History of Chromatography
• Type of Chemical Analysis
• Separation Analysis
• Separations in everyday life
• Simple separation procedures
• Classification of separation process
• Chromatographic Separation
• Types of Separation Chromatography
• Separations theory and calculations
• Symbols and terms of Chromatography
• Physical forces and interactions chromatography
• Partition
• Ion Exchange
• Size Exclusion

Module Two:

• Fundamentals of chromatography
• Definitions
• Basic System Design
• Concept of Polarity
• Properties of Separation
• Physiochemical Processes of Separation
• Adsorption
• Type of Chromatographic Analysis
• Gas Chromatography
• Objectives
• Definitions
• Principals
• Mobile and Stationary Phase of GC

Module Three:

• Gas Chromatography: hardware and Instrumentation
• Mobile Phase
• Gas Supplies
• Injection Ports and Valves
• Packed Column Injectors
• Open Tubular Column Injectors
• Injection Methods and Techniques
• Column Systems
• Packed and capillary
• Performance evaluations, how they are made
• Mobil phases/selection/temperature limits
• Solid supports, Adsorbents, molecular sieves
• How to select the type of columns required for plant application
• Isothermal/temperature programming
• Installation of columns, trouble-shooting, gas flow adjustments
• Linear velocity thru capillary column
• Operational tips
• Column behavior
• Maintenance and trouble-shooting

Module Four:

• Detectors
• Flame ionization Detector FID
• Thermal Conductivity Detector TCD
• Electron Capture Detector ECD
• Other Detectors
• Programmed Temperature GC
• Gas Chromatography Analysis of Non-volatiles
• Inorganic GC
• Evaluation of GC
• Data Results
• Recorders & Data Acquisition
• Data analysis
• Data Acquisition and Processing
• Data Processing

Module Five:

• Application in chemical analysis by GC
• Sample preparation for GC
• Programmed Temperature GC
• Gas Chromatography Analysis of Non-volatiles
• Inorganic GC
• Routine Maintenance
• Evaluation of GC
• Data Results
• Recorders & Data Acquisition
• Data analysis
• Data Acquisition and Processing
• Data Processing
• Application in industry
• Agilent Chromatography Application

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing a minimum of 75% of the total course duration