{"id":48519,"date":"2014-02-04T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discover.restek.com\/uncategorized\/simple-translation-of-gc-methods-from-helium-to-hydrogen-carrier-gas\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T19:51:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T19:51:13","slug":"simple-translation-of-gc-methods-from-helium-to-hydrogen-carrier-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/discover.restek.com\/es\/blogs\/gnbl4796\/simple-translation-of-gc-methods-from-helium-to-hydrogen-carrier-gas","title":{"rendered":"Simple translation of GC methods from helium to hydrogen carrier gas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I had a presentation at PittCon last year discussing using hydrogen and nitrogen carrier gases for the gas chromatography of organochlorine pesticides.&nbsp; I showed how you can substitute nitrogen at the same linear velocity as hydrogen, while keeping the same oven temperature program used for hydrogen and get a similar chromatogram, albeit with wider peaks and less peak separation for nitrogen.&nbsp; One thing that allows that substitution to be successful is the excellent selectivity of the&nbsp;Rtx-CLPesticides GC column&nbsp;for organochlorine pesticides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jaap de Zeeuw challenged me to do a similar experiment and go from helium to hydrogen, taking a look to see if any loss in separation occurred, since presumably hydrogen would drop below sub-optimum average linear velocity.&nbsp; I present the work here and I\u2019m happy to say there was no real loss in separation.&nbsp; I used a Restek Method Translator to match the hydrogen linear velocity with my original linear velocity from a Speed Optimized Flow for helium and then kept the GC oven program the same.&nbsp; As you can see, the chromatograms are almost identical for helium and hydrogen methods, although the responses drop by about half when using the Agilent \u00b5-ECD with hydrogen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This approach should allow an easier entry for people making the switch from helium to hydrogen carrier gas for GC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More later&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"770\" src=\"https:\/\/discover.restek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-simple-translation-of-gc-methods-from-helium-to-hydrogen-carrier-gas-01-1024x770.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16792\" title=\"-\" srcset=\"https:\/\/discover.restek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-simple-translation-of-gc-methods-from-helium-to-hydrogen-carrier-gas-01-1024x770.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/discover.restek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-simple-translation-of-gc-methods-from-helium-to-hydrogen-carrier-gas-01-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/discover.restek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-simple-translation-of-gc-methods-from-helium-to-hydrogen-carrier-gas-01-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/discover.restek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-simple-translation-of-gc-methods-from-helium-to-hydrogen-carrier-gas-01.jpg 1482w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/discover.restek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-simple-translation-of-gc-methods-from-helium-to-hydrogen-carrier-gas-02-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16798\" title=\"-\" srcset=\"https:\/\/discover.restek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-simple-translation-of-gc-methods-from-helium-to-hydrogen-carrier-gas-02-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/discover.restek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-simple-translation-of-gc-methods-from-helium-to-hydrogen-carrier-gas-02-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/discover.restek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-simple-translation-of-gc-methods-from-helium-to-hydrogen-carrier-gas-02-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/discover.restek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-simple-translation-of-gc-methods-from-helium-to-hydrogen-carrier-gas-02.jpg 1480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a presentation at PittCon last year discussing using hydrogen and nitrogen carrier gases for the gas chromatography of organochlorine pesticides. 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