Efficient Data Analysis with Peakintelligence™ —Application for Analyzing Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)—

User Benefits

- Peakintelligence peak integration software substantially reduces the time and effort required for data analysis in PFAS analysis. - Since it does not require parameter settings, Peakintelligence allows even inexperienced users to perform peak integration and achieve results on par with experienced workers.

Introduction

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are lyophobic, heat-resistant, and chemically resistant compounds used extensively as coatings, surface treatment agents, emulsifiers, and fire-extinguishing agents. Concerns about PFAS and their persistence in the environment, accumulation in living organisms, toxicity to living organisms, and ability to travel long distances have recently led to fact-finding studies on PFAS and the introduction of regulations. As of October 2023, only three PFAS are subject to regulatory restrictions in Japan (PFOS, PFOA, and PFHxS), but more are subject to restrictions in the USA and Europe. Throughout the world, an increasing number of PFAS are expected to require analysis. These changes will create more analytical data that will have to be processed, creating a need for more efficient methods of data analysis. Peakintelligence is a peak integration software equipped with peak-finding algorithms that have been developed with the help of artificial intelligence (AI). This Application News describes a case example in which it was used to process chromatogram data of PFAS analysis and reduce the effort required and increase the efficiency of the analysis.

September 18, 2024 GMT