Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Part One PGC fundamentals -- Chapter 1 An introduction -- Chromatographic separation -- The gas chromatograph -- The basic instrument -- The process instrument -- The oven -- Temperature control -- Temperature programming -- The sample injection valve -- Laboratory and online practice -- Plug injection -- Gas sample injection -- Liquid sample injection -- The column -- The separating device -- It takes time -- Multiple columns -- SCI-FILE: On Column Types -- Introduction to SCI-FILEs

Two kinds of column -- Packed columns -- Open-tubular columns -- The detector -- Making the measurements -- The chromatogram -- Knowledge Gained -- Self-assessment quiz: SAQ 01 -- Student evaluation test: SET 01 -- References -- Cited -- Figures -- New technical terms -- Chapter 2 Peak shape -- How columns work -- What happens inside the column -- How gas and liquid interact -- Troubleshooting tips -- How peaks form -- Forming an equilibrium -- The effect of movement -- A peak appears -- Effect of more equilibria -- Some conclusions -- Identical molecules -- different behavior

All peaks are symmetrical -- More equilibria -- narrower peaks -- More equilibria -- taller peaks -- Retention at the apex -- More equilibria -- same retention time -- SCI-FILE: On Solubility -- Solubility -- Partition -- Distribution -- Limitations -- Knowledge Gained -- Self-assessment quiz: SAQ 02 -- Student evaluation test: SET 02 -- References -- Figures -- Equation -- Symbols -- New technical terms -- Chapter 3 Separation -- How peaks get separated -- A more realistic explanation -- A challenge question -- Significance of the air peak -- The answer -- Measurements from chromatograms

A practical task -- Typical calculations -- Knowledge Gained -- Self-assessment quiz: SAQ 03 -- Student evaluation test: SET 03 -- References -- Figures -- Equations -- Symbols -- New technical terms -- Chapter 4 Peak patterns -- Migration rate -- Predictable patterns in peak position -- Space or time -- Spatial or temporal separation -- Predictable patterns in peak width -- Distance or duration -- SCI-FILE: On Chemical Names -- Hydrocarbons -- Paraffins -- Olefins -- Acetylenes and more -- Shorthand notation -- Predictable patterns in retention -- The doubling rule -- Challenge question

A process of elimination -- Temperature programming -- Relative retention -- Separation and resolution -- Resolution -- Predictable patterns in resolution -- Knowledge Gained -- Self-assessment quiz: SAQ 04 -- Student evaluation test: SET 04 -- References -- Figures -- Equations -- Symbols -- New technical terms -- Part Two PGC analytics -- Chapter 5 Industrial gas chromatographs -- Process analyzers -- Introduction to process analysis -- The measurement of quality -- Process gas chromatographs -- Versatile and reliable -- PGC development -- The value of analysis -- Competing technologies