Markes International has recently announced the introduction of e-commerce to its websites (www.markes.com and www.markes-usa.com) for the convenience of customers who prefer to make on-line purchases.

Currently, the ClearView™ GCMS reprocessing software package is available for on-line purchase and, over time, an increasing number of thermal desorption accessories and consumables will be added. Keep checking back or contact Markes if you’d like to purchase particular products on-line.

It is long overdue, but at last your new “Thermal Desorption Accessories and Consumables” catalogue is here. The new catalogue, which runs to some 88 pages, is a full and comprehensive guide to the TD accessories and consumables offered by Markes International. It is the most comprehensive and unrivalled offering of TD products to be found anywhere.

Please contact Markes to reserve your copy now before supplies run out.

Markes International’s HS5-TD system brings together two of the most powerful GC introduction techniques: headspace (HS) and thermal desorption (TD). The combined system offers users optimum sensitivity for trace-level organics in solid, liquid and vapour-phase samples – all on one versatile analytical platform.

The HS5-TD comprises a manually operated, 5-vial headspace unit integrated with Markes’ state-of-the-art fully-functional UNITY 2 thermal desorber. The system accommodates up to 5 standard (/Administration20 ml) headspace vials in a common heated zone with manual vial selection.

For further information, the brochure may be downloaded here.

“Enhancing GCMS analysis of trace compounds using a dynamic approach to reducing background interference” was recently published in the on-line journals The Column and The Peak.

The paper describes how Markes’ ClearView™ software can be applied to GCMS data in order to remove background interferences thereby enhancing signal/noise (S/N) and aiding the accurate identification of trace analytes.

A copy of the paper published in The Column can be downloaded here.