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Gas Chromatography Principle

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Gas Chromatography
Principle:
A sample to be analysed is injected into the chromatography instrument. The sample solution enters a gas stream which transports the sample into a separation tube which is also known as the column. Various components in the sample solution separated inside the column. GC has principles similar to fractional distillation. Both processes separate mixture based on boiling point. Fractional distillation does it on a larger scale whereas GC does it on a small scale
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Discussion on analysis
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