Volatile PFAS Analysis for Industrial Monitoring: From Materials Emissions to PFAS Destruction

Volatile PFAS Analysis for Industrial Monitoring: From Materials Emissions to PFAS Destruction

Implementing ASTM D8591-24 and EPA OTM-50 using TD-GCMS

The analytical focus on PFAS is expanding beyond water and solid matrices to include volatile PFAS and volatile fluorinated compounds (VFCs) in air. As industries develop PFAS-containing materials, implement treatment technologies, and evaluate destruction processes, monitoring volatile species is becoming increasingly important for product stewardship, process optimization, and environmental compliance.Volatile PFAS emitted from materials and volatile fluorinated compounds generated during PFAS destruction are becoming important indicators for environmental monitoring, process verification, and future compliance.

Join this webinar to explore how thermal desorption coupled to GC-MS and GC-HRMS supports these emerging applications. Experts will explain the analytical challenges of measuring volatile PFAS and demonstrate practical workflows that improve sensitivity, selectivity, and confidence in industrial air monitoring.

What you will learn:

• By the end of the webinar, you will be able to:
• Distinguish between volatile PFAS, volatile fluorinated compounds, and ionic PFAS.
• Identify regulatory requirements and teh appropriate analytical approach 
• Understand the sampling strategies used for materials emissions and stationary source monitoring.
• Evaluate how TD-GC-MS can support laboratories involved in PFAS product management, emissions monitoring, and destruction verification.

Who should attend?

• Environmental and analytical laboratory managers
• Chemical and PFAS manufacturers
• Contract testing laboratories (CTLs)
• Waste management and PFAS treatment facilities
• Engineering and consulting firms developing PFAS remediation and destruction technologies
• Environmental compliance and regulatory specialists

Speaker: Sydney Grinstead (Application Chemist, Markes)

Sydney Grinstead is an Applications Chemist with Markes and supports laboratories in the development and optimization of thermal desorption–GC/MS methods for environmental and industrial applications. Her work focuses on method development, troubleshooting, customer training, and analytical workflows.

Speaker: Priya Vaitheesvaran (Application Scientist, Thermo Fisher Scientific)

Priya Vaitheesvaran, Ph.D., is a bioanalytical scientist with 20+ years of experience in chromatography, mass spectrometry, and metabolomics. She has deep expertise in GC-MS, LC-MS, and HRAM spectrometry, with a track record in method development, validation, troubleshooting, and translating complex analytical data into actionable insights.