--- title: Turning Up the Heat on WAX Columns Without Getting Burned Form description: This webinar covers WAX type GC columns, maximum temperature limits, how to protect your column from oxygen and how to reach higher temperatures without sacrificing selectivity. --- [Chromatography Forum](http://www.chromforum.org/) [Analytical Training Solutions](https://www.analytical-training-solutions.com) [日本語](https://www.sepscience.com/japan) [![Separation Science](https://webinar.sepscience.com/hubfs/Sepscience_Dec2016/images/-resized-strch-SepSci_WebHeader_v3.png)](https://www.sepscience.com/) [Chromatography Forum](http://www.chromforum.org/) [Analytical Training Solutions](https://www.analytical-training-solutions.com) [日本語](https://blog.sepscience.com/japan) [Sign Up for Newsletter](https://www.sepscience.com/subscribe/) # Turning Up the Heat on WAX Columns Without Getting Burned ## ![Agilent_Logo_Border.png](https://webinar.sepscience.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Webinars/Agilent170217/Agilent_Logo_Border.png?width=342&height=84&name=Agilent_Logo_Border.png) This webinar is now available to view on-demand. To access the presentation complete the form opposite. **Duration:** Approximately 60 minutes **Presenter ![Vanessa_Abercrombie_80.png](https://webinar.sepscience.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Webinars/Agilent030517/Vanessa_Abercrombie_80.png?width=75&name=Vanessa_Abercrombie_80.png "Vanessa_Abercrombie_80.png")Vanessa Abercrombie ** *(Gas Chromatography Applications Chemist, Agilent Technologies, USA)* Vanessa Abercrombie is GC Applications Chemist at Agilent Technologies in Folsom, California, USA. Vanessa has a broad background in GC and GC/MS, including experience as an instrument chemist at Bode Technology in Virginia working under contract to the FBI’s Laboratory Division. Prior to that, Vanessa worked for ETS Labs in St. Helena, California as an Analytical Chemist where she researched and developed quantitative separations by GC/MS and UHPLC for beer, wine and spirits. She holds a Masters of Forensic Science from The George Washington University and a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Sonoma State University. 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In comparison to polysiloxane stationary phases, the maximum operating temperature of a traditional WAX GC column is much lower, mainly up to 250/260 °C. Today’s demanding GC and GC/MS applications can have us pushing the boundaries of a column’s phase to decrease run times or limit potential carryover. But what happens when you go above the recommended temperature limit? We will discuss what the temperature limits mean, what can happen when they are exceeded for WAX type columns and which consumables can help increase the lifetime of these columns. We will also present a new WAX column that can safely achieve upper temperatures of 280/290 °C, what this will do for your run times and the applications you are now able to access. ### What does it cover? - WAX type GC columns, Maximum Temperature Limits, how to protect your column from oxygen, and how to reach higher temperatures without sacrificing selectivity. ### By viewing this on-demand webinar you will learn: - what the Maximum Operating Temperature means, what can happen when it is exceeded, and how to decrease your risk of damaging your WAX column. ### Why should you view it? - To gain better understanding of how gas quality, thermal stability and column bleed can affect your chromatography. ### This presentation is suitable for... - Laboratory technicians, researchers, and scientists wishing to learn more about GC columns and consumables that increase work efficiency. 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