chromatograph
Americanverb (used with object)
noun
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These are then put into a gas chromatograph, which separates the chemical components.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2023
The device, fitted with a gas chromatograph, was with Dr. Lovelock on his Antarctic voyage, and his findings helped confirm links between chlorofluorocarbons and the hole in the ozone layer.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2022
When combined with a gas chromatograph, which separates chemical mixtures, the detector was capable of measuring minute concentrations of chlorine-based compounds in air.
From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2022
On deck, Sylva places a water sample in a gas chromatograph, what looks like a steampunk version of a mid-1980s microwave.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 12, 2018
The gas chromatograph on the Pioneer Venus entry probes gave an abundance of water in the lower atmosphere of a few tenths of a percent.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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