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Maximize your laboratory’s revenue with new Agilent GC/MS solutions
The increasing cost and uncertain availability of helium has led many GC/MS users to consider alternative carrier gases, such as hydrogen. Agilent GC/MSD and GC/TQ systems are developed with safety in mind, and are compatible with hydrogen sensor modules and generators. They also incorporate instrument intelligence, self-cleaning hardware, and diagnostic software tools that maximize productivity and revenue.
Our EI GC/MS helium to hydrogen carrier gas conversion guide can help you determine if hydrogen is a good choice for your analysis. It also walks you through the considerations and procedures necessary to make the transition successful.
Learn how to safely switch to hydrogen
Considering switching to an alternative carrier gas such as hydrogen? Partner with Agilent and benefit from five decades of GC/MS innovation with safety at the forefront.
Agilent offers tools like our HydroInert source and a helium-to-hydrogen conversion guide to help you safely navigate the process. Our new video explores these tools, plus other options—such as hydrogen sensors and generators—that can add extra layers of protection.
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Minimize costly downtime with a new Agilent GC/MS
Agilent GC/MS solutions offer a multifaceted approach to minimizing instrument downtime. Instrument hardware and software features, like new instrument intelligence and the Agilent HydroInert source, keep your instruments running, while a familiar interface drastically reduces employee training time. Together, these attributes keep your lab earning money day after day. Curious how much a new Agilent GC/MS could save your lab?
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Overcome helium supply chain disruptions—switch to hydrogen with the HydroInert source
Frustrated by the unpredictability of helium supply chains and their constantly rising costs? Consider switching your applications to run with hydrogen carrier gas. It’s easy with the ground-breaking Agilent HydroInert source. Optimized for hydrogen, the HydroInert source will provide you with an environmentally sustainable choice that limits frustration and saves your lab money. Want to learn more about switching to hydrogen and calculate exactly how much your lab can save? Check out our cost calculator in this eBook.
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GC/MS best practices to keep productivity high
You can prevent a significant amount of unplanned instrument downtime by following these GC/MS best practices. Get tips on proper sample preparation and sample screening. And learn about instrument hardware features like the Agilent JetClean self-cleaning ion source and backflush, which actively keep your GC/MS clean and in peak operating condition. From sample preparation to detection, ensure your GC/MS is well maintained to keep productivity and revenue high.
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The new Agilent 5977C GC/MSD, 7000E, and 7010C triple quadrupole GC/MS systems continue to build on more than five decades of innovation and industry leadership. Transform would-be obstacles into opportunities for your laboratory and be confident in your ability to deliver results on time with industry-leading Agilent GC/MS solutions.
Agilent 5977C GC/MSD: Unleash the potential
The new 5977C GC/MSD features ion source and other options that improve sensitivity, minimize maintenance through self-cleaning, and deliver wide dynamic range for samples in complex matrices.
- Get reliability and sensitivity for your analyses with detection limits as low as 1 fg IDL.
- Reduce or eliminate manual source cleaning with the Agilent JetClean self-cleaning ion source.
- Enhance productivity with the built-in intelligence of the Agilent 8890, 8860, and Intuvo 9000 GC systems, featuring smart diagnostics, monitoring, and a user-friendly interface.
- Ensure the inertness of every surface that touches your sample with Agilent Inert Flow Path products, including columns, liners, inlets, gold seals, and ferrules.
- Monitor instrument health with Agilent CrossLab Smart Alerts software. It sends you email-based alerts, notifying you when to replace key consumables and when an instrument stops running.
- Develop new methods with fast, reliable compound identification using MassHunter Unknowns Analysis, which lets you create custom-retention time-locked spectral libraries.
- Simplify and speed up data analysis and review with MassHunter Review-by-Exception and Compounds-at-a-Glance.
- Improve mass accuracy using Cerno Bioscience MassWorks MS calibration technology.
Agilent 5977C GC/MSD
Rugged workhorse with industry-leading sensitivity
Agilent 7000E and 7010C GC/TQ: Achieve next-level productivity and confidence
Do you perform multiclass, multiresidue analysis in complex matrices? As regulations grow tighter, and detection limits get lower, it might be time to consider the advantages of the newest Agilent 7000 series triple quadrupole GC/MS systems.
- Improve data quality through targeted approaches. Acquisition modes like tMRM and simultaneous dMRM/scan mode let you confidently screen and quantitate hundreds of analytes in a single run.
- Reduce matrix interferences with the Agilent Pesticides and Environmental Pollutants 4.0 Database. It contains over 1,100 compounds with multiple transitions per compound and over 7,500 matrix-optimized MRM transitions.
- Achieve the gold standard in GC/MS performance with a heated gold quadrupole and triple-axis HED-EM detector.
- Increase productivity with the built-in intelligence of Agilent 8890, 8860, and Intuvo 9000 GC systems. Features include smart diagnostics, monitoring, and a user-friendly interface.
- Improve compliance by ensuring data security, controlling access, and meeting requirements defined by US FDA 21 CFR Part 11, EU Annex 11, and similar electronic record regulations.
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Reliable and cost effective for routine analysis
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Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry resources
Hydrogen gas conversion guide
- Agilent EI GC/MS Instrument Helium to Hydrogen Carrier Gas Conversion User Guide
Learn how to convert your EI GC/MS to hydrogen carrier gas, including safety considerations, hardware setup, column choice, method conversion, performance expectations, and more.
HydroInert source technical overview
- Applying H2 Carrier Gas to Real-World GC/MS Analyses
The Agilent HydroInert source expands the use of hydrogen carrier gas to more GC/MS and GC/MS/MS applications.
In-depth articles about converting to hydrogen carrier gas
- Overcome the Hassles of the Helium Shortage with the Agilent HydroInert source
Explore the current state of helium price fluctuations and delivery interruptions, and learn how your lab can manage these challenges. - Supporting Sustainability in Analytical Labs by Switching from Helium to Hydrogen
Discover why hydrogen is a sustainable alternative for labs that are working to reduce their carbon footprint. - How to Successfully Use Hydrogen Carrier Gas for GC/MS/MS
Learn how to plan for the necessary hardware, consumables, sample preparation, and method parameter changes. Includes a handy checklist.
Give your lab a competitive edge today—and tomorrow—with gas chromatography/mass spectrometry instruments that are smarter, more capable, and easier to run. To access our GC/MS resources or contact an Agilent representative, use our form.
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