US Patent 11946912 System and method of trace-level analysis of chemical compounds

Techniques disclosed herein can be used to perform a rapid, splitless injection of a sample including SVOCs and VOCs. In some embodiments, a system includes two focusing traps combined in series, one inside of a GC oven and one in a separate oven to concentrate the SVOCs inside of the GC oven and concentrate the VOCs outside of the GC oven. Heating the VOC focusing trap and reversing the flow through both focusers allows splitless injection of compounds boiling from as low as −100° C. to as high as 600° C. in a single analysis, with a narrow injection bandwidth to optimize both sensitivity and the resolving power of the analyzer.