Enhanced Essential Oils Analysis Using a High Performance Benchtop GC/MS System Application Note

A gas chromatograph (GC) coupled with a mass spectrometer (MS) forms a powerful tool for high quality quantitative and qualitative analysis. However, GC/MS analysis of complex mixtures such as essential oils often is a time-consuming task due to limitations in techniques and instrumentation. Faster analyses of these mixtures are possible by coupling the 5973A mass selective detector (MSD) with a 100 μm ID GC column. The faster scan rate of the 5973A MSD takes advantage of the 100 μm ID column’s higher resolution. In a comparison of lemon oil Agilent Technologies 6890/5973 GC/MSD System Enhanced Essential Oils Analysis Using a High Performance Benchtop GC/MS System