gas chromatograph
Americannoun
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Origin of gas chromatograph
First recorded in 1950–55
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These are then put into a gas chromatograph, which separates the chemical components.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2023
This is not the first time the gas chromatograph analogy has been used for nasal anatomy.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 29, 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
First the gas chromatograph vaporized a speck of the powder inside a tube.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2016
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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