gas chromatography

[ gas-kroh-muh-tog-ruh-fee ]

nounChemistry.
  1. chromatography in which a substance is converted into vapor and mixed with a gaseous element, as nitrogen, then separated and quantified by preferential adsorption by a solid or liquid element.

Origin of gas chromatography

1
First recorded in 1950–55

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gas chromatography

noun
  1. a technique for analysing a mixture of volatile substances in which the mixture is carried by an inert gas through a column packed with a selective adsorbent and a detector records on a moving strip the conductivity of the gas leaving the tube. Peaks on the resulting graph indicate the presence of a particular component: Also called: gas-liquid chromatography

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