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Measurement Techniques for Atmospheric Trace Species

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Gas chromatography: This is a widely used technique for the separation and analysis of different species present in a gas sample, based on the principle of selective adsorption. An inert carrier gas, taken from a storage tank, flows through (a) a valve or port for the injection of an aliquot of the sample; (b) a column packed or coated with a suitable sorbent, with which the individual compounds present in the sample interact more or less strongly so that they are separated owing to different retention times; (c) a detector producing an electric signal when a compound elutes from the column and passes through the detector.

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  1. Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany

    Dr. Peter Warneck & Dr. Jonathan Williams

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Warneck, P., Williams, J. (2012). Measurement Techniques for Atmospheric Trace Species. In: The Atmospheric Chemist’s Companion. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2275-0_10

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