Gas chromatography with Fourier transform infrared and mass spectral detection

For a number of years, the combination of gas chromatography with infrared and mass spectral detection has been of interest. Numerous applications hav e been reported and discussed in previous reviews. The present brief review covers recent developments in this area since 1997. It is clear that advan ces in computer technology combined with those in instrumentation make it o nly a matter of time until the goal of fully automated GC-Fourier transform IR-MS is realized. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.