Rapid, Automated, and Accurate Determination of Volatiles in Human Blood by Headspace Gas Chromatography

Instrument Type: GC

The purpose of this application is to describe the determination of blood alcohol levels by using the Trace 1310 GC in dual-column configuration, coupled with the new Triplus 300 Headspace Autosampler. Blood alchol content analysis is one of the most common test in forensic science and it is generally performed via headspace gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (FID). The use of Chromeleon CDS software is employed to easily perform the analysis in the dual-column / dual-FID configuration in a fully automated manner.