Food and pharmaceutical products are susceptible to contamination from packaging – whether from polymeric materials, printing inks, or paperboard. Traditional analytical techniques applied to trace volatile compound analysis typically involve significant sample preparation and – coupled with chromatographic analysis – consequently low throughput. The resulting high cost of analysis means that only limited sample screening is conducted.
This webinar describes a recent addition to the portfolio of techniques available for routine sample analysis: selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry (SIFT-MS). SIFT-MS is a direct mass spectrometry technique that enables rapid, quantitative analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) across the full spectrum of packaging materials. The SIFT-MS technique will be introduced, together with its automation, and detailed case studies will describe applications in polymeric and paperboard emissions analysis.