Markes International will be introducing its new Centri^® multi-mode sample automation and concentration system for GC–MS to the North American market at Pittcon 2019, which will be held this year at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, from 17–21 March.

Centri was first launched in Europe at the Analytica trade show in 2018, and has already proved to be extremely popular, recently winning an accolade in The Analytical Scientist Innovation Awards 2018: Strokes of Genius. The judges said: “It is often not immediately clear upfront which of the different sample preparation techniques for the analysis of volatiles will give the best results – this instrument simply combines them all”.

Centri, along with Markes’ thermal desorption products, will be exhibited on Booth #2455.

Markes will be also be presenting the following oral presentations and posters showcasing recent developments in VOC and SVOC analysis:

• • Oral: Advanced solutions for comprehensive ambient air monitoring
    Nicola Watson (Markes International)
    Sunday 17 March (13:50–14:10)
    Room 120C

• • Poster: Emissions from products and materials: Simplifying the analysis of formaldehyde and other VOCs in a uni?ed analytical approach
    Abstract no. 1220-4
    Tuesday 19 March (14:00–16:30)
    Exposition Floor, back of aisles 1500–2300

• • Poster: Enhanced GC–MS analysis of SVOCs in air and materials using thermal desorption preconcentration and novel sampling approaches
    Abstract no. 1220-3
    Tuesday 19 March (14:00–16:30)
    Exposition Floor, back of aisles 1500–2300

• • Poster: Extending the applicability of sorptive extraction-based sampling techniques through enhanced automation and sample concentration for GC & GC–MS
    Abstract no. 1550-26
    Wednesday 20 March (10:00–12:30)
    Exposition Floor, back of aisles 1500–2300

• • Poster: Introducing a new fully automated multi-mode sample preconcentration system for GC–MS analysis of VOCs & SVOCs
    Abstract no. 1560-9
    Wednesday 20 March (10:00–12:30)
    Exposition Floor, back of aisles 1500–2300

• Poster: Analysis of trace-level odorants in drinking water using headspace SPME–trap extraction
  Abstract no. 1550-12
  Wednesday 20 March (10:00–12:30)
  Exposition Floor, back of aisles 1500–2300
• Poster: Correlating consumer sensory experience of apple aroma with VOC profiles acquired by automated TD–GC–MS
  Abstract no. 1840-8
  Thursday 21 March (10:00–12:30)
  Exposition Floor, back of aisles 1500–2300

If you would like a reprint of any of these posters or a copy of the oral presentation, then please email us.