The Chromatographic Society
ChromSoc is a UK registered charity founded in 1956. Our aim is to promote and disseminate knowledge on all aspects of chromatography and related separation techniques. The Chromatographic Society is an international organisation devoted to the promotion and dissemination of knowledge on all aspects of chromatography and related separation techniques. It was first established as the Gas Chromatography Discussion Group in 1956 with A.T. James as its chairman and D.H. Desty as secretary. ChromSoc have strong links with several scientific societies including, British Mass Spectrometry Society (BMSS), Royal Society of Chemistry Separation Science Group (RSC SSG) and International Symposium on Chromatography (ISC), preferential rates are offered to ChromSoc members for some of these events.
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- Business Type:
- Professional association
- Industry Type:
- Laboratory Equipment
- Market Focus:
- Internationally (various countries)
- Year Founded:
- 1956
About Us
Our membership package provides discounts for a range of training courses.
Our program of symposia brings together field experts, researchers and supply chain partners to share knowledge, best practices and innovate. Past topics have included Emerging Technologies, Bio-Separations & Challenging Polar Analysis and cover all areas of analysis, for example, sample preparation, PAT and column technologies. They provide a forum for you to discuss challenges, exchange ideas and identify new technologies available to improve your laboratory.
History
In 1956 the emergence of Gas Chromatography (GC) as a useful technique for the petroleum industry created a nucleus of scientists with a common interest, and the society was first established as the Gas Chromatography Discussion Group (GCDG), with Anthony T. James as the chair and Denis H. Desty as the secretary.
Dr James developed the technique of gas-liquid partition chromatography; his major contributions to chromatography are the development of radioactive scanners and new detectors for gas and liquid chromatography and the demonstration of the application of GC in biochemistry, particularly in the analysis of lipids.
Mr Desty has been particularly associated with the emergence of capillary columns as a practical tool in gas-liquid chromatography with their outstanding performance of high column separation efficiencies and very rapid separation, he pioneered the use of automatic integrators to obtain reproducible precise quantitative results and initiated the beginning of process of gas chromatographic monitors for use in refinery operations. As the various methods of chromatography were discovered and developed the GCDG matured into The Chromatographic Society.