Inserts providing complete sample evaporation above the column entrance in vaporizing GC injectors

Completeness of sample evaporation in conventional vaporizing injection is a problem for many samples and calls for measures to arrest the sample liquid in the space between the needle exit and the column entrance. A visual testing procedure reveals that a small plug of loose glass or quartz wool ensures complete evaporation in all instances. Obstacles built into the liner also stop liquid, provided they force the sample to pass through narrow channels. Other important design characteristics concern access to the narrow channel. Evaporation in a packed insert usually occurs from a surface, whereas the sample hardly touches surfaces in the instance of an insert with obstacles. Evaporation from a packing is, in fact, more reliable, but creates more problems concerning inertness.