91AV

This course has been approved by the 91AV for purposes of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

What will you learn on this course?

This course provides the theory of the GC and MS essential to any participant, along with the hands-on practical element in the laboratory to practice and re-enforce the theoretical knowledge. These courses are 50% theory and 50% practical in a lab environment.

This course addresses gases and plumbing, sample introduction, analytical columns, GC detectors (FID and ECD), mass-spectrometry and data analysis. The knowledge is then used to create methods, perform injections and change parameters to see the effects. The course discusses the need for maintenance along with practicals to carry out maintenance on both a GC and a GC-MS system such as liquid autosampler, inlet, columns, FID/ECD and quadrupole MS including tuning and ion source cleaning. A day is spent on troubleshooting a GC or GC-MS instrument and learning what problems can occur, with real problem solving on the instruments and data analysis software.

This course combines the five individual hands-on days covering Gas Chromatography, GC Maintenance, Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, MS Maintenance and GC-MS troubleshooting.

A FREE glossary on GC & GC-MS is provided with this course!

Learning Outcomes

You will learn the importance of good chromatography
You will learn about the function & operation of the individual GC components
You will become familiar with the GC instrumentation
You will have practical experience of adjusting the parameters for each GC component
You will have practical experience of performing maintenance on each GC components
You will learn the principles of mass spectrometry
You will learn about the function & operation of the MS individual components
You will become familiar with the MS instrumentation
You will have practical experience of adjusting the parameters for each MS component
You will have practical experience of performing maintenance on each MS component
You will learn the strategies for GC & GC-MS instrument troubleshooting
You will have practical experience of GC & GC-MS instrument troubleshooting

Who is this course for?

This course is suitable for all levels of knowledge; however for complete beginners it is advisable to attend the 1-day Absolute Basics of GC & GC-MS first to get a good basic overview of gas chromatography and GC-MS.

If you would like to improve your knowledge in a particular area and don't want to attend a 5-day course you can choose to attend individual days from the Complete Hands-on GC & GC-MS course.

The Open University, Milton Keynes, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom