I bet a lot of you in the lab spend a lot more time looking for leaks in your gas lines and in your instruments than you want to! At CRS our leak checking is mostly done to assure the quality of our gas purifiers, and we have never found a way around doing 100% helium leak checking. Minute leaks can remain during purifier manufacturing...

Headspace analysis is particularly sensitive to the quality of the sealing system used to contain the sample. The high pressures and high temperatures in use require high-performance and reproducible seals. So – in the absence of a high-priced residual force tester – how do we determine the tightness of the cap?

Adding a chamfer to septa significantly improves performance by guiding the needle to the same location each time, reducing coring. However, without pre-piercing there is still a high risk of contamination by the SPME needle punching a septum core into the liner, presumably on the first piercing...

CRS provides a wide range of ferrules made from Vespel®, Vespel/Graphite, Graphite and PTFE. Ferrule sizes refer to the size of the fittings into which they fit; they arenot the diameter of the ferrule. For example, 1/16" ferrules are 1/8" diameter and fit in 1/16" fittings.

When searching for an indicating gas purifier, you will find there are many filters containing a variety of moisture indicators on the market. It is important that you pick the right indicator for your specific application to get optimal performance.

Are you still crimping your chromatography vials with a manual hand crimper? Crimping all those vials by hand takes valuable time away from your analysis! The Electronic Crimping Tool from CRS will save you the strain, stress, and time wasted with a bulky metal manual crimper.

CRS offers several lines of quality septa products. So how do you know which one is right for your application? We are here to help! Various applications may cause different wear and tear on you septa! Whether your problem is bleeding, coring, or sticking septa, we have a product that fits your chromatography needs!

Like many Chromatographers, you have probably fallen victim to septum sticking, whether it be to each other or to the injection port, it can be a frustrating problem to have! Silicone rubber is inherently sticky and prone both to binding to the injection port fitting and to attracting dust and contamination during handling and installation.

Suffer from low septa life in your GC analysis due to coring, bleeding, or sticking? CRS has the solution to improve the life of your septa in all of these aspects.