VUV Analytics’ VGA-101 detector is the most recent advancement in vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) detection. The detector has a higher allowable maximum operating temperature and an expanded wavelength spectrum. It is based on the novelties introduced by VGA-100, the world’s first benchtop VUV spectrometer.
The VGA-100 is a universal mass-sensitive gas chromatography (GC) detector that offers quantitative and qualitative data with exceptional selectivity and sensitivity. The VGA-101 has been engineered as a next-generation detector that deals with advanced application needs.
VGA-101’s extended wavelength spectrum of 120–430 nm offers exclusive selectivity for complicated structures like polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The potential to run the VUV detector at temperatures as high as 430 °C enables compounds with a high boiling point to be analyzed.
Universal Detection
- Virtually everything has an exclusive absorption fingerprint in the VUV spectrum
Unique Selectivity Allows Clear-Cut Compound Identification
- Unambiguous and easy isomer differentiation
- Easily deconvolve co-eluting analytes
- Baseline chromatographic resolution not necessary
Data is both Highly Qualitative and Quantitative
- Spectral data offers exclusive fingerprint for all measured compounds
- Mass-sensitive measurement of each component within complicated mixtures
Measurement Parameter Flexibility for Modern GC Analysis
- Operating temperature heating up to 430 °C for the analysis of compounds with a high boiling point
- Data collection from 120 to 430 nm
Non-Destructive Examination
- Since Ionization is not needed, intact molecules can be analyzed
Superior Measurement of Sensitivity
- Spectral filters boost analyte sensitivity in targeted wavelength regions
- Picogram limits of detection are consistently low
Reliable and User-Friendly
- Routine maintenance is not necessary, and vacuum pumps are not needed
- Calibration is not necessary—1st principle detection offers a predictable linear response