Hands-on GC sustainability and health check
- Duration: 1 day for live courses
- Experience level: Intermediate
- Delivery methods: Face-to-face | Offsite training & consultancy | Onsite training & consultancy | Tailored training |
- Type of course: Universal
- Applicable to manufacturer(s): Agilent | Bruker | PerkinElmer | Scion | Shimadzu | SRI | Thermo | Varian |
- CPD Approved: Approved
- Scheduled course price: £650.00 + TAX per delegate
- Course discounts: RSC CAMS HEaTED Cambridge Network members receive a discount on this course
Your Hands-on approach to sustainable gas management, gas supply health checks and GC/GC-MS gas optimisation
Combine the theory of gas chromatography (GC) and GC-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) gas systems with practical laboratory exercises in this 1-day Hands-on Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) approved training for the purposes of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) focused on gas sustainability, gas supply management, leak detection, preventative maintenance and laboratory safety. This course bridges the gap between understanding gas systems and confidently managing them in real laboratory environments.
This Hands-on GC sustainability and health check course is ideal for professionals, students and chemists responsible for GC or GC-MS instrumentation who wants to improve analytical performance, reduce operating costs, increase instrument uptime and support sustainable laboratory operations through best-practice gas management.
Why should I join?
On completion, you will have both the theoretical knowledge and practical experience required to confidently manage gas supplies, optimise carrier gas performance, maintain gas delivery systems and implement sustainable gas-use strategies within your laboratory, giving you:
- Practical understanding of carrier gas selection and optimisation for GC and GC-MS applications
- Confidence in selecting, installing and maintaining gas supplies, generators, regulators, traps and filters
- A structured approach to gas system health checks and preventative maintenance
- Hands-on experience identifying and diagnosing leaks throughout gas delivery systems
- Understanding of gas purity requirements and their effect on instrument performance and column lifetime
- Practical guidance on GC pneumatics, EPC systems and carrier gas modes of operation
- Insight into sustainable alternatives including hydrogen carrier gas and hydrogen generators
- A valuable refresher for experienced GC and GC-MS users responsible for gas management systems
What would I learn?
A practical course combining gas management theory with laboratory-based exercises, you will learn:
- The properties, advantages and limitations of helium, hydrogen, nitrogen and argon carrier gases
- How carrier gas selection influences chromatographic resolution, run times, sensitivity and sustainability
- Gas purity requirements for GC and GC-MS systems and their impact on analytical performance
- How gas cylinders, regulators, generators and supply systems operate
- Best practices for gas supply plumbing, tubing selection, fittings and installation
- The purpose and correct use of moisture, oxygen and hydrocarbon traps and filters
- Practical preventative maintenance procedures for gas delivery systems and associated hardware
- Gas-saving technologies including standby modes, gas saver functions and automated gas switching systems
- How sustainable gas management can reduce costs, increase productivity and improve laboratory efficiency
What knowledge will I gain?
- Understand how carrier gas properties such as viscosity and diffusivity influence
- Recognise appropriate gas purity specifications for GC and GC-MS instrumentation and understand how contaminants affect analytical results
- Explain the function and maintenance requirements of regulators, traps, filters and gas generators
- Know how EPC-controlled systems regulate gas pressure and flow during analysis
- Identify common leak locations and implement effective leak detection and corrective actions
- Develop preventative maintenance schedules for gas delivery systems and supporting hardware
- Understand the operational and safety considerations associated with hydrogen carrier gas and hydrogen generators
- Implement practical gas conservation measures to reduce helium consumption and operating costs
- Appreciate the sustainability benefits of modern gas management strategies and alternative carrier gases
- Apply best-practice approaches for maintaining safe, reliable and efficient GC and GC-MS gas systems
Is this course for me?
This Hands-on course is designed for anyone responsible for GC or GC-MS gas supplies, plumbing, sustainability initiatives or instrument health checks, including:
- Analysts and technicians responsible for routine GC and GC-MS operation and gas management
- Laboratory managers overseeing analytical instrumentation, operating costs and sustainability programmes
- Instrument specialists responsible for GC and GC-MS maintenance and troubleshooting
- Service engineers and consultants supporting chromatography systems and laboratory infrastructure
- Sales, commercial and technical support professionals working with chromatography instrumentation, gases or consumables
If GC and GC-MS gas systems and sustainability are part of your everyday lab work this practical course delivered by experts will provide the knowledge and experience needed to manage them confidently.
