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Miniature Canisters

Air Canisters for VOC Monitoring

Variety of options available, including Summa can equivalent.
Exclusive manufacturer of 1L spherical canister.
Repair service available to extend canister life.

Sample Cylinders

Swagelok® sample cylinders are made of 304L and 316L stainless steel to resist corrosion.
DOT rated to 1,800 and 5,000psig (TPED cylinders rated to 1,450 and 4,350psig), which allows sampling at gas wellheads as well as on-site refineries.
Each cylinder is hydrostatically tested to at least 5/3 the working pressure.
Sample Cylinder Valves are also available.

Miniature Air Sampling Kits (Stainless Steel & Siltek^® Treated)

Provide accurate integrated sampling without a sampling pump.
Convenient smaller size connects easily to miniature canisters.
Available in stainless steel or Siltek® treated components for greater inertness.

Quick-Connect Fittings

for Miniature Air Sampling Canisters

Attach quick-connect body fitting to stem fitting to open canister. Attach quick-connect stem protector to stem fitting when not sampling to prevent canister from accidentally opening.

Connection: 1/4″ tube fitting.

Mini-Can Accessories

These accessories enhance mini-can usage and provide flexibility in their application, from personal to area to vapor intrusion sampling.

Ultra-Clean Resin

Equivalent to XAD-2 Resin; Exclusively from Restek!

Ultra-Clean resin eliminates the hassle of cleaning and testing resin for air sampling.

For adsorbing semivolatiles in air.
Cleaned, GC tested and certified.
Available in 100 gram quantities.

SDVB Resin

Styrene/divinylbenzene, equivalent to XAD-2 resin.
Untreated, packaged in 1 kg plastic containers.
Spherical, 20 to 60 mesh particles.

New Market Opportunities for VOC Air Sampling Labs

VOC testing laboratories can expand into new markets using existing air sampling canisters and thermal desorption tubes, due to the broad applicability of these techniques.

Sampling Volatile Organic Compounds in Air Restek Sampling Equipment Helps Assure Accurate Data

TO-Can™ air sampling canisters are electropolished and extensively cleaned, to provide a high-quality, passivated surface for improved stability of analytes listed in USEPA Method TO-15 (ambient air monitoring). For reactive compounds, such as sulfur-containing components, SilcoCan™ canisters are your best choice — our exclusive Siltek® surface treatment ensures exceptional inertness and maximum sample stability, even for 1-20ppb sulfur compounds.

Enhancing Air Monitoring Methods with Thermal Desorption

The use of carbon disulfide (CS₂) extraction as an air monitoring method for vapor-phase organic compounds (VOCs) is fundamentally limited with respect to detection limits. Thermal desorption (TD) is a complementary gas extraction technique whereby sorbent tubes are heated in a flow of carrier gas. Trapped vapors desorb from the sample tubes into the gas stream and are transferred into the GC/MS analyzer. Here, we summarize the key advantages of thermal desorption versus solvent extraction.

Stable Sulfur & Mercury Sampling in Refineries Using Siltek^® and Sulfinert^® Surface Treated Components

Refinery and natural gas samples often contain trace amounts of sulfur- and mercury-containing compounds, which can interfere with reactions, poison catalysts in petrochemical processes, and damage equipment. Because these compounds quickly react with stainless steel surfaces, accurate determination of these compounds is impossible when samples are collected and stored in untreated sample cylinders. Restek's Siltek^® and Sulfinert^® passivation techniques bond an inert layer into the surface of stainless steel, preventing active compounds from reacting with or adsorbing to the steel.

Early Detection of Structural Mold with SilcoCan™ Air Sampling Canisters

Early detection of structural mold is critically important to protecting human health and property values. Restek SilcoCan™ canisters allow low levels of microbial volatile organic compounds (MVOCs) to be detected in air samples before mold can be seen, providing an opportunity for structural repair and safer living conditions. The inertness of these canisters provides an exceptional storage environment, particularly for polar and high boiling point compounds.

Gas Sampling Bags: Cost-Effective Alternatives for Air Monitoring

Gas sampling bags can be a cost-effective alternative to canisters and thermal desorption tubes for many air monitoring applications, including VOCs and permanent gases. This 4-page flyer provides general guidelines, product specifications, and recommended applications. (PDF - 953kB)

Restek Airmail, 2011 vol. 1

This 4-page newsletter includes an analysis of naphthalene along with TO-15 volatiles, as well as an innovative customer application for verifying sample port integrity during soil vapor intrusion monitoring. Also features air canisters and new air sampling products. (PDF - 337kB)

Restek Airmail, 2012 vol. 1

This 4-page newsletter includes an analysis of Massachusetts DEP air-phase petroleum hydrocarbons, as well as an update on the U.S. EPA Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Stations (PAMS) program. Also features Tedlar® bags and air canisters. (PDF - 774kB)

Thermal Desorption Tubes: Versatile Air Sampling for a Wide Range of Applications

This flyer give an overview of TD sampling and describes many applications that can be sampled using this versatile technique. Includes a comparison of tube and canister sampling, to help you determine which VOC sampling technique is best for you. (PDF - 177kB)

Whole Air Sampling for Vapor Intrusion

This 2-page note describes the features and benefits of our popular TO-Can^® air monitoring canisters (SUMMA^® can equivalents), our new canister air sampling timer, and our convenient, reliable passive air sampling kits. (PDF - 206kB)

Thermal Desorption: A Practical Applications Guide: I. Environmental Air Monitoring and Occupational Health & Safety

Thermal desorption is now recognized as the technique of choice for environmental air monitoring and occupational health and safety. This 28-page publication from Markes International Ltd. presents several real world thermal desorption applications. (PDF - 1137kB)

Thermal Desorption: A Practical Applications Guide: IV. Food, Flavour, Fragrance & Odour Profiling

Thermal desorption is used extensively for measuring volatile and semivolatile components in foods, flavors, fragrances, and odors. This 28-page publication from Markes International Ltd. presents several key applications. (PDF - 1952kB)

Thermal Desorption: A Practical Applications Guide: III. Defence and Forensic

Thermal desorption is used extensively for forensic science. This 16-page publication from Markes International Ltd. presents several key applications including drugs, arson accelerants, trace explosives, shotgun propellant, and inks. (PDF - 665kB)

High Capacity TO-Clean Canister Cleaning System Improves Lab Efficiency

Cut cleaning time in half with a TO-Clean air canister cleaning system. This high-capacity unit hold twice as many air cans as similar products and is fully automated and easy to use. You can create and save custom cleaning programs that ensure consistency and make operation as easy as pressing start and walking away. (PDF - 1046kB)

Restek Airmail, 2008 vol. 2

This 4-page newsletter includes new applications for monitoring total reduced sulfurs at ppbv levels and air can sampling of microbial volatile organic compound (VOC) for testing by GC/MS. Also features new air sampling products. (PDF - 295kB)

Thermal Desorption: A Practical Applications Guide: II. Residual Volatiles & Materials Emissions Testing

Thermal desorption is a convenient, fully automated alternative to solvent extraction for measuring residual volatiles. This 32-page publication from Markes International Ltd. details the testing of a wide variety of products using thermal desorption. (PDF - 1480kB)

Guide to Whole Air Canister Sampling

Ambient air sampling involves collecting a representative sample of ambient air for analysis. There are two general approaches: 1) “whole air” sampling with canisters or Tedlar® bags and 2) “in-field concentration” sampling using sorbent tubes or cold traps. In this guide, we focus on collecting whole air samples in canisters, a flexible technique with many applications. (PDF - 1408kB)

Air Monitoring Restek Essentials: Innovative Air Monitoring Solutions

A special issue of the Restek Essentials focused on air monitoring. Features products for sample collection through analysis, including whole air canisters, thermal desorption tubes, high purity resin, PUFs, gas standards, and GC columns and accessories. (PDF - 661kB)