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Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer Product Information

Evaluation of Plastic Materials

Analysis of Plastic Samples by PY-GC/MS
Pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry is an especially powerful analytical technique for researching new materials,
polymer characterization, and other applications. That is because pyrolysis gas chromatography enables analyzing polymer Plastic Materials Evaluation of
compounds—such as in insoluble or composite materials, and in ultra trace quantities—without requiring any complicated
pretreatment. In addition, it provides unique information that is difficult to obtain using other methods.

Features of the GCMS-QP2010 Ultra
The GCMS-QP2010 Ultra features a high-efficiency ion source, detector with
overdrive lens, and high-capacity differential vacuum mechanism to provide a system
with high sensitivity and high stability. The highly sensitive and exceptionally stable Raw Materials Evaluation of
GC/MS system decreases the lower detection and quantitation limits, which increases
the hit rate for mass spectra similarity searches for even ultra trace components.
Furthermore, decreasing the absolute sample quantity injected allows simplifying
concentration pretreatment and reducing contamination in injection port inserts
and columns. The newly designed electronic control platform offers the fastest scan GCMS-QP2010 Ultra
speeds in class. That means it is also perfect for other applications that require fast
scan speeds, such as simultaneous scan/SIM measurements or GC × GC/MS and fast-
GC/MS analysis. Product Evaluation

Features of the Pyrolysis System (for polymer compound analysis)
Pyrolysis-GC/MS is commonly used to measure samples related to plastics. It performs
analysis on plastics, rubbers, and other polymer compounds by decomposing them
at temperatures above 500°C and using GC/MS to analyze the resulting thermal
decomposition products. Since the decomposition products reflect the structure
of the original polymer compound, they can be used to identify the polymer or
perform more sophisticated structural analysis. An F-Search feature (polymer and Product Information
additive search software) is also provided to help identification. In addition to the
features of a conventional pyrolysis system, the double-shot pyrolyzer also enables
selecting more sophisticated analytical methods, such as evolved gas analysis with GCMS-2010 Ultra
programmed heating or thermal desorption with flash pyrolysis. EGA/PY-3030D

System Contents
GCMS-QP2010 Ultra, EGA/PY-3030D, AS-1020 sampler, etc.

Applications
Plastics, rubbers, polymers, and other macromolecule compounds, and trace organic
impurities in inorganic materials

Features of GCMSsolution
The GC/MS workstation software, GCMSsolution, offers extensive functionality
combined with ease of use. Intuitive controls, assistant bar and data explorer features
for providing data management functions, Word-like report functions, and in-depth
GLP/GMP support functions all contribute to a software package that helps improve
analytical productivity.

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