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Gas generation presents a safer, more cost-effective, and more reliable alternative to traditional tanks – is it time you made the switch?

Hydrogen gas generators are increasing in popularity across the globe – but why should you switch from a traditional cylinder?

Jim Warren, Field Service Engineer for Peak Scientific, tells us why the service his team provides needs to be “the best in the business.”

Ken Lewis, founder and CEO of OpAns, tells us how on-site gas generation is helping to minimize downtime and keep vital testing on track

Detailed hydrocarbon analysis (DHA) is a separation technique used by a variety of laboratories involved in the petrochemical industry for analysis and identification of individual components as well as for bulk hydrocarbon characterisation of a particular sample.

Helium is the second most abundant element in the universe, but on Earth it’s relatively rare

Helium is becoming increasingly expensive with reports of its price having doubled in some regions between 2013 and 2015.

Researchers from Prof. Guido Verbeck’s group at the University of North Texas (UNT) carried out analysis of drugs of abuse (DOA) and explosives using an ion trap GC-MS to compare results when using helium and hydrogen carrier and buffer gas.

Talk of a helium crisis following the shortage of 2013 appears to have subsided thanks to increased worldwide production, with labs now readily able to obtain helium. This application note looks at what has happened over the last 2 years since the global helium shortage was the hot topic in GC.

This application note looks at the use of nitrogen for both vial pressurisation and GC carrier gas.

Gas generators offer a guaranteed round the clock supply of consistently pure gas, however it is important to choose the correct configuration for your GC system.

As an abundant, inexpensive alternative to helium, which is becoming increasingly more costly, there is no reason why nitrogen cannot be used for BAC analysis in place of helium.

Changing carrier gas from helium to hydrogen does not always present an opportunity for faster sample analysis.

This application note demonstrates a comparison of gasoline analysis using helium carrier gas following ASTM method D67291 and the use of unfiltered hydrogen carrier gas produced by a Peak Scientific Precision Trace hydrogen generator in DHA following ASTM method D6729 appendix X22.

Many labs are facing helium supply difficulties and rapid price increases as a result of the helium shortage. Lab managers are therefore looking for alternative carrier gases and for many GC applications, hydrogen provides an excellent alternative to helium.

Worldwide helium demand far exceeds current production levels. For many gas chromatography applications, the switch to hydrogen is painless. What’s stopping you?

Streamline your workflow by producing carrier and detector gas on demand.

Genius XE is a cutting-edge nitrogen generator combining advanced technology with refined and robust engineering.

Producing hydrogen gas at the push of a button, Precision SL is simple to operate and maintain.