Activated Research Company is an innovative award-winning product development company with expertise in micro-reactor design, heterogeneous catalysis, and separations.

Our goal is to significantly improve gas and liquid chromatography – and our products deliver results across industries that require chemical analysis – including petrochemical, manufacturing, paints and coatings, flavor and fragrance, pharmaceuticals, oil and gas, environmental, forensics, and others.

ARC’s products are easy to install, easy to use, and easy to maintain – all of which directly reduce lab downtime, increase lab throughput, and impact your bottom line.

The innovations of Activated Research Company (ARC) and ARC’s GC add-ons and consumables are advancing the state of GC and FID chemical analysis and revolutionizing a 60-year-old industry.

The Polyarc®

The Polyarc converts your FID into a truly universal detector using patented catalytic conversion technology. This system gives your FID a uniform response across almost any organic molecule, allowing your lab to detect more compounds for more accurate data and improved efficiencies.

The Jetanizer™

The Jetanizer is the easiest, most robust methanizer. This easy-to-install chemical reactor converts carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide** to methane, enabling sensitive detection by your FID and low level <1 ppm formaldehyde analysis by GC.

The Xpansion™

ARC’s GCxGC modulator transforms any GC into a powerful multi-dimensional separation instrument. This stop-flow modulator is simple to install and use, allowing any GC user to access reliable chemical data on even the most complex samples.

PrecisionSplit™

ARC’s PrecisionSplit™ enables simultaneous compound identification and quantification in a single injection. This Polyarc/MS Split system combines the capabilities of Flame Ionization Detectors and Mass Spectrometers to streamline chemical analysis.

Isotope™

ARC’s Isotope Reactor is the first low-temperature combustion reactor for GCC-IRMS. This award-winning solution for Isotope-Ratio Mass Spectrometry easily integrates into existing instrumentation — and significantly outperforms conventional combustion reactors.

The Solvere™

The Solvere provides seamless carbon-selective detection for LC. This new detector allows for the use of FID in liquid chromatography (HPLC/UHPLC), size exclusion chromatography (SEC/GPC), and supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) using a novel solvent removal and reaction system.