The Power of Simplicity

The UltraFast module can easily be programmed and controlled either through the local GC keyboard or data system. When required, the column can rapidly be changed by simply replacing the full module. Installation is performed just as it is for any conventional column, and no further specific set-up or optimization is necessary. For any analysis, you simply select the most appropriate stationary phase and temperature program. The rest is the same as using your standard gas chromatograph, with the exception of having results delivered at a remarkable speed!

Higher Sensitivity: Lower Split Ratios and Narrower Peaks

One limiting factor of conventional fast chromatography with narrow bore capillary columns is usually the reduced sensitivity delivered by the system. This is the result of the high split ratios required to maintain a reasonably narrow sample band width at the beginning of the column, mandatory to preserve the overall efficiency of the column. The UltraFast TRACE GC Ultra Gas Chromatograph, by virtue of the unique split/splitless injector design combined with quick column temperature programming, completely eliminates this limitation, ensuring a correct sample transfer at low split ratios. Results show incredible performance, even for splitless injection obtained by properly combining pressure surge with a cold trapping effect in the column. Above all, 10 times narrower peak widths (around 100 ms) produced by the tremendous heating power are translated into a 10 times higher signal, without the same proportional increase in noise level. Sensitivity with ultra-fast analysis is no longer an issue!

Peak compression

300C/min 0.1 mm i.d. column PW1/2 = 0.10 s

20C/min 0.32 mm i.d. column PW1/2 = 1.6 s 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 time (s) 7 8 9 10

Peak area = 15000 uV.s (nC20, ~1ng)

Reliable, Automated Peak Identification

Highly repeatable retention time with a relative standard deviation of one tenth of the peak width is the ultimate run-to-run repeatability delivered by the UltraFast TRACE GC Ultra Gas Chromatograph, as shown in the example below. This data precision enables safe peak identification to be performed automatically from the relevant component table. This is a fundamental requirement to easily handle the large amount of information generated by the system.

No Compromise in Data Acquisition

For such narrow peaks, data acquisition must be accordingly high. For immediate quantitation, both a high-speed Flame Ionization Detector (FID) and a Flame Photometric Detector (FPD) allow rapid data collection with frequencies as high as 300 Hz, without compromising the peak shape.

1400 1200 Heating rate (C/min) 1000 800 600 400 200 0 Conventional GC Ultra Fast TRACE GC Ultra

100 150

200 250 300 350

Final oven temperature (C)

Unprecedented retention time repeatability

Hydrocarbons analysis in less than 30 seconds Linear heating from 50C to 330C at 10C/sec Retention time Standard Deviation less than 20 msec
PEAK PEAK WIDTH AT AVERAGE 5% OF THE HEIGHT RETENTION TIME (SEC) (SEC) 0.135 0.120 0.130 0.135 0.145 0.145 0.155 0.160 0.170 12.68 15.98 18.78 21.28 23.53 25.54 27.40 28.27 29.95 STANDARD DEVIATION (SEC) 0.016 0.009 0.018 0.016 0.018 0.015 0.016 0.016 0.018

C18 C20 C22 C14 C16 C12 C10 C23 C25

nC10 nC12 nC14 nC16 nC18 nC20 nC22 nC23 nC25

10

20

30 sec

A large variety of UltraFast TRACE GC column phases opens up this innovative technology to all major applications in the Chemical, Petrochemical, Environmental and Flavors and Fragrances industries. The list below provides the available columns, standard and non-standard, with the dimensions and a short description of their use.

Columns for the UltraFast TRACE GC Ultra

Capillary column

Transfer lines

12,5 cm ~ 8 cm (3 )

Cable connection

Any existing column in our TRACE GC column range can be custom-prepared for UltraFast use upon request!
Phase UFC-1 UFC-1 UFC-1 UFC-1 UFC-1 UFC-1 (Metal) UFC-1 UFC-1 UFC-1 UFC-1 UFC-5 UFC-5 UFC-5 UFC-5 UFC-5 UFC-5 (Amine) UFC-1701 UFC-WAX UFC-WAX UFC-264 UFC-200 UFC-200 UFC-23 UFC-23 UFC-23 UFC-PlotQ ID (mm) 0.1 0.32 0.32 0.32 0.32 0.32 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.18 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.15 0.25 Film Thickness (m) 0.1 3 0.1 0.1 0.25 0.25 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.15 3 Length (m) 5 10 2.5 5 5 5 10 2.5 5 5 2.5 5 5 10 10 10 5 5 5 10 10 15 10 15 10 10 Use General ASTM D-3710 ASTM D-2887 Extended ASTM D-2887 ISO 9377-2 ISO 9377-2 General General General General General General General General Volatiles Amine General FAMEs, Essential Oils FAMEs, Essential Oils Volatiles Alcohols/Ketones Alcohols/Ketones FAMEs FAMEs FAMEs Gas analysis Part Number UFMC00001010401 UFMC00002070414 UFMC00000070401 UFMC00001070401 UFMC00001070404 UFMC00001070904 UFMC00002010701 UFMC00000010403 UFMC00001010606 UFMC00001010703 UFMC00100000000 UFMC00200000000 UFMC00300000000 UFMC00002010601 UFMC00002010006 UFMC00002031001 UFMC00400000000 UFMC00001010503 UFMC00001010501 UFMC00002010207 UFMC00002030306 UFMC00003030303 UFMC00002030603 UFMC00003030603 UFMC00002020802 UFMC00002060614

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Thermo Scientic UltraFast TRACE GC Ultra Gas Chromatograph

Real cost reduction through increased productivity

The Thermo Scientic TRACE GC Ultra Gas Chromatograph is the rst gas chromatograph offering direct column heating technology integrated into a exible GC platform to heavily boost your labs productivity. This innovative UltraFast technology features a combination of a turbo heating linear temperature ramp of up to 1200 C/min with short, narrow bore (0.1 mm i.d.) columns. Dramatically accelerating the analytical run time, this solution allows the operator to achieve extremely high sample per day throughput. Additionally, it reduces the nal isothermal time to a few seconds and greatly extends the column lifetime to more than 10,000 cycles.

Analyzes faster than any other fast GC method

Results are delivered at a speed far exceeding the sample throughput offered by even the fastest conventionally heated GC oven. A large variety of column phases enables the application of this innovative technology in Chemical, Petrochemical, Environmental, and Flavor and Fragrance analyses.

Speed and accuracy: the winning duo

The TRACE GC Ultra Gas Chromatograph incorporates revolutionary GC technology for unprecedented Ultra Fast analyses with no trade-off in repeatability and reliability of results. Just the best solution for accurate, rapid quantitative characterization of your sample.

Part of Thermo Fisher Scientic

Simulated Distillation: ASTM D-3710

Operating conditions Column: UFC-1, 10 m, 0.32 mm id, 3.0 m film thickness T prog: 35 oC (10 s), 3 oC/s, 300 oC (20 s) Sample: D3710 qualitative mix (undiluted) Injection: 0.5 L (split 60:1) 10 Carrier: He, 5 mL/min, CF
9

UltraFast TRACE GC Ultra

3 1 2 0 300 250

Chemical and Petrochemical Applications

Simulated Distillation: ASTM D-2887
(also D-2887 Extended, up to n-C60)
C11 C12 C10

Boiling point o distribution curve ( C)

% off Theoretical Run 1 Run 2

Operating conditions
C14 C16

Column: UFC-1, 5 m, 0.32 mm id, 0.1 m film thickness T.Prog: 40 C (6 s), 3 C/s, 370 C (6 s)
C18

C9

Conventional ASTM D2887

C24

C8 C20 C7 0.0 0.4 0.8 1.2

C28 C32 C36 C40 C44 1.6

2 min
2.0 min 0 10 20

30 min
30 min

Conventional ASTM D3710

12

10 min with Cryo

10 min

5 6 7 8

11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

< 2 min without Cryo

Olens Analysis
1.5 min

0.5* 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 99.5**

115 151 176 201 224 243 259 275 289 302 312 321 332 343 354 365 378 391 407 428 475

112 151 175 200 223 243 259 276 291 300 312 321 331 340 352 365 375 389 405 427 475

112 151 175 198 222 242 258 276 289 300 311 320 331 340 352 366 376 388 405 425 475

* Initial Boiling Point ** Final Boiling Point

0.5

D3710 Calibration Curve

200 150 100 50 0 -50 -100 0 0.5 1 1.5 2

Retention time (min)

1 n-Propane 2 Methylpropane 3 n-Butane 4 2-Methylbutane 5 n-Pentane 6 2-Methylpentane 7 n-Hexane 8 2,4-Dimethylpentane 9 n-Heptane 10 Toluene

11 n-Octane 12 p-Xylene 13 n-Propylbenzene 14 n-Decane 15 n-Butylbenzene 16 n-Dodecane 17 n-Tridecane 18 n-Tetradecane 19 n-Pentadecane

Analysis of C5-C10 olefins in less than 100 seconds

Analysis time using conventional PIANO capillary is almost 80 minutes C7 C6 2 C8 C9 C10 3 4 5 6
Column: UFC-264,
10 m x 0.1 mm i.d. 0.5 m f.t.

Boiling point (oC)

Column: UFC-WAX, 5 m x 0.1 mm, 0.2um FT Temp. prog: 50 C (30 s), 2 C /s, 230 C (20 s) Sample: Stirene with 10-500 ppm of impurities Injection: 0.2 uL split 400: 1

9 11 7 10 12 13 8
50 60

Conventional GC (25 min)

C5 1

Temp. program: linear heating

from 40 oC to 250 oC at 2 oC/sec

Carrier gas: H2
2 5 3 1 4 6
0.0 2.5 5.0 7.5 10.0 12.5 15.0 17.5 20.0 22.5

20
14
70 80

40

60

80

100 sec

< 1.5 min

Great retention time and peak area accuracy

Average ret. time (sec) 1 3-methyl-1-butene 19.04 2 1-hexene 36.04 3 1-heptene 54.92 4 1-octene 70.61 5 1-nonene 84.44 6 1-decene 96.70 Peak Data based on 10 injections peak RSD% Average area (counts) RSD% 317513 0.25 1.40 1 396 152 0.12 1.39 1 684 804 0.07 1.66 1 880 209 0.06 1.88 1 852 738 0.05 2.13 2.74 1 994 282 0.05

10

20

30

40 times (s)

Concentration (ppm) Ultrafast GC Conventional GC 223 258 1 n-alkanes 411 400 2 Ethylbenzene 180 162 3 m-Xylene 145 131 4 p-Xylene 277 274 5 Cumene 114 116 6 o-Xylene 506 479 7 n-propylbenzene 97 103 8 Methyl ethyl benzene n.a. n.a. 9 Stirene 376 (ISTD) 376 (ISTD) 10 Cycloesanone 371 380 11 -Methyl stirene 29 29 12 Methyl vinil benzene 94 13 Phenyl acetilene 103 7 14 -Methyl stirene 6 Component

Stirene Purity Analysis

Environmental Applications
ISO 9377-2 in 2 Minutes
ISO 9377-2 Hydrocarbons analysis in water and soils
Ultra Fast GC: 2 min 800 600 400 200 0 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 sec 0 200 400 600 Concentration (mg/L) R 20.9999

Soil extract (50 mg/L total hydrocarbon) C10 C40 Splitless injection
2250 mV

C10

C40

2 min

Conventional GC: 20 min 2250 mV C10 C40

Total hydrocarbons

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

Column: UFC-5, 5 m, 0.32 mm i.d., 0.25 m f.t. Temp. prog.: 40 oC (20 sec), 3.3 o C/sec, 350 oC (30 sec) Splitless time: 20 sec Carrier gas: He

2.0 min

200 400 600 800 1000 1200 sec

Separation of VOCs in 35 seconds

1 2 3 4 5 6 chlorobenzene p-xylene o-xylene isopropylbenzene n-propylbenzene chlorotoluene 7 4-chlorotoluene 8 tert-butylbenzene 9 sec-butylbenzene 10 1,3-dichlorobenzene 11 1,4-dichlorobenzene 12 1,2-dichlorobenzene

Conventional: 35 min.
2 3 5 9 4 8 67 1011 12

Area (counts x 10 6 )

High linearity from 5 to 500 mg/L nC40/nC20 area ratio > 0.9 (required 0.8) RSD % on group peak absolute area: 0.8 %

2 3 4 5 89 1 6 7 10 1112 UltraFast: 35 seconds UFC-1701, 5 m x 0.1 mm, 0.1 m f.t. 40 o C to 200 oC at 5 oC/s He at 1 mL/min 1 L (split 100:1) 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 time (s)
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35

time (min)

Splitless Analysis of PAHs

Sample: PAHs std mix in n-pentane (0.8 ng/L each) Column: UFC-5, 5 m x 0.1 mm id, 0.1 m Temperature Program: 40 C (0.3 min) to 330 C @ 2 C/s Splitless Time: 0.2 min Surge Pressure: 400 kPa for 0.2 min Carrier: H2 @ 1 mL/min Injection Volume: 0.5 L Liner: 105 mm x 2 mm id

Separation of critical pairs

12 11 14 15

3 4 2

5 6 78
125 9 11 12 13 127 129 139 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 141 143

10

15 14

16

20

40

60

80 Time (s)

100

120

140

160

Naphthalene Acenaphthylene Acenaphthene Fluorene Phenanthrene Anthracene Fluoranthene Pyrene Benzo(a)anthracene Chrysene Benzo(b)fluoranthene Benzo(k)fluoranthene Benzo(a)pyrene Indeno(1,2,3,-c,d)pyrene Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene Benzo(g,h,l)perylene

Food and Flavor Applications

Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME)
17+18

FAME Complex Mix (Supelco, Bellefonte, USA)

23 20 19 21 22 26 24 25 31 27 28 32 34 29 33 30 2.1 2.2

UFM: UFM-WAX, 5 m x 0.1 mm i.d., 0.1 m T Program: 40 C (6 s) to 250 C (20 s) at 1.7 C/s Carrier: Hydrogen at 1 ml/min CF mode Injection: 1 l (10 ng/l), split ratio of 1:100 1 2 3 4 6 8 7 10 9

16 14 15

Conventional GC about 60 min

35 36+37

1.7

1.8

1.9

2.3

2.4 min

12 13 11

2.5 min
0 10 20 30 time (min) 40 50 60

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5 min

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Butyric (C4:0) Caproic (C6:0) Caprylic (C8:0) Capric (C10:0) Undecanoic (C11:0) Lauric (C12:0) Tridecanoic (C13:0) Myristic (C14:0) Myristoleic (C14:1) Pentadecanoic (C15:1)

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

cis-10-Pentadecenoic (C15:1) Palmitic (C16:0) Palmitoleic (C16:1) Heptadecanoic (C17:0) cis-10-Heptadecenoic (C17:1) Stearic (C18:0) Oleic (C18:1n9c) Elaidic (C18:1n9t) Linoleic (C18:2n6c) Linolelaidic (C18:2n6t)

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

g-Linolenic (C18:3n6) a-Linolenic (C18:3n3) Arachidic (C20:0) cis-11-Eicosenoic (C20:1) cis-11,14-Eicosadienoic (C20:2) cis-8,11,14-Eicosatrienoic (C20:3n6) Heneicosanoic (C21:0) cis-11,14,17-Eicosatrienoic (C20:3n3) Arachidonic (C20:4n6) cis-5,8,11,14,17-Eicosapentaenoic (C20:5n3)

31 32 33 34 35 36 37

Behenic (C22:0) Erucic (C22:1n9) cis-13,16-Docosadienoic (C22:2) Tricosanoic (C23:0) Lignoceric (C24:0) cis-4,7,10,13,16,19-Docosahexaenoic (C22:6n3) Nervonic (C24:1)

FAME Real Sample Extracts: Olive Oil, Butter, and Beef

Peaks Ultra Fast GC Conv. GC Area % identifcation Area % 1 C16:0 12.58 12.61 2 C16:1 0.82 0.79 3 C17:1 0.04 0.05 4 C17:1 0.09 0.08 5 C18:0 2.33 2.38 6 C18:1n9c 71.38 71.58 7 C18:2n6c 10.02 10.29 8 C18:3n6 0.78 0.77 9 C20:0 0.42 0.42 10 C20:1 0.32 0.33 11 C22:0 0.15 0.14 12 C23:0 0.04 0.03 13 C24:0 0.09 0.06 14 C24:1 0.56 0.55
c16:0 c18:0 c15:0 c14:0 c17:0 c18:2 c18:3 0 40 80 120 160 200 sec 0 40 c18:1 c15:0 c14:0 c16:1 c17:0

OLIVE OIL

UFM: 1 6 5 7

UFC-WAX, 5 m x 0.1 mm i.d., 0.2 m T Prog.: 150 C (10 s) to 250 C (12 s) at 1.7 C/s Carrier: Helium at 1 mL/min CF mode Injection: 1 L, split ratio of 1:300

2 8 3 4 0 0.5 9 10 11 1 12 13 14

1.5 min

BUTTER

c16:0

c18:0

c18:1

BEEF

c18:2 c18:3 c20:0 c20:4 c20:5 80 120

c22:6 160 200 sec

Food Packages

Headspace Analysis of Metallized Polypropylene Film

Sample: 100 cm2 Food packaging, 20ml vial Column: UFC-1701,10 m, 0.1 mm i.d., 0.1 m f.t. Incubation: 15 min at 125 C, constant incubation Temp. progr.: 35 (6 s), 1.5 C/s, 200 (6 s) Carrier: He 1.2 ml/min (split 1:250) Injection: 0.5 ml, single extraction Peak
1 2 3

Essential Oils
6 9 12 5 1 2 7 34 8 5 10 15 10 11 14 17 16 20 13 14 12 15 25 30 13 15

Peppermint Oil Analysis

Conventional GC 35 minutes

UFM: UFC-WAX, 5m, 0.1 mm i.d., 0.1 m f.t. T prog: 50 to 250 oC at 500 oC/min Carrier: Hydrogen Injection: 1 L, split ratio of 1:300 1 -pinene 2 -pinene 3 Sabinene 4 Myrcene 5 p-cymene 6 Limonene 7 1,8 cineole 8 -terpinene 9 Menthone 10 Menthofurane 11 i-menthone 12 Methyl acetate 13 Neomenthol 14 -cariophyllene 15 Menthol 16 Pulegone 17 Germacrene D 18 Viridilflorol

Area % Conv. GC
0.94 1.41 0.64 0.39 0.58 2.47 6.07 0.94 14.21 2.44 2.57 5.74 5.95 2.39 47.49 2.54 2.64 0.58

Ultra Fast GC
0.96 1.37 0.62 0.35 0.56 2.58 6.19 1.02 14.18 2.56 2.59 5.69 5.88 2.34 47.26 2.58 2.69 0.56

Component
Ethanol Acetone Ethyl Acetate

Amount (mg/m2)
0.1 0.4 0.1

18 35 min

1 min
2 1 3

Ultra Fast GC 71 seconds

5 2 1 3 4 20 25 7 8 10 11

150 oC/min
16 17

18 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 sec

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0 min
15 30