Presentation Profile
Navigating the Transition from Helium as a Carrier Gas
Currently Scheduled: 10/15/2025 - 8:40 AM - 9:05 AM
Room: Wisteria
Main Author
Leeman Bennington - PerkinElmer
Abstract:
Chromatographers use approximately 7.9 % of the available helium resources per year. Helium costs are rising sharply; and shortages, are hindering productivity and profits. This presentation will focus on attaining high analytical performance using alternative carrier gases such as hydrogen and nitrogen in petroleum and environmental applications, as follows:
· New technology to enable the safe usage of hydrogen as a carrier gas for gas chromatography (GC) applications
· Interlaboratory studies (ILS) using nitrogen and hydrogen with precision (focus on D3606 and D2887)
· Preventing protonation using hydrogen as a carrier gas in GC – Mass Spectrometry (MS) applications
· Comparing chromatography resolution in three carrier gases
