Hand-portable Capillary Gas Chromatograph

Torion Technologies (USA) announces new enhancements for the GUARDION-7, said to be the world’s fastest and most portable capillary gas chromatograph – toroidal ion trap mass spectrometer (GC-TMS). The GUARDION-7 GC-TMS features a low thermal mass capillary gas chromatograph (GC) with high-speed temperature programming (>2 ºC/sec) and a miniature toroidal ion trap mass spectrometer (TMS) with a nominal unit mass resolution over a mass range of 50 to 500 Daltons. The system is totally self-contained, weighs less than 28 pounds, is battery (24 V) operated, has an on-board helium GC carrier gas supply cartridge (2500 psig, 90cc), and is hand-portable. The world’s smallest self-contained GC-TMS is packaged in a hardened case with dimensions of 18.5” (wide) x 14” (deep) x 7” (high). New enhancements to the GUARDION-7 GCTMS include electronic pressure control (EPC) of the GC carrier gas and a rechargeable battery system for renewable power.