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Pyrolysis GC/MS

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Pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry

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Pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry (abbreviated as Pyr-GC/MS) is a method of chemical analysis. In Pyr-GC/MS, the sample is decomposed by heating at high temperatures under an inert atmosphere or under vacuum to produce smaller molecules that are separated by gas chromatography and detected using a mass spectrometer. Pyr-GC/MS is widely used to characterize polymers and complex organic molecules such as tholins.

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  1. Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI), Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Henderson James (Jim) Cleaves II

  2. Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, USA

    Henderson James (Jim) Cleaves II

  3. Blue Marble Space Institute of Science, Washington, DC, USA

    Henderson James (Jim) Cleaves II

  4. Center for Chemical Evolution, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Henderson James (Jim) Cleaves II

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  1. Centro de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Ricardo Amils

  2. Labo. d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux (LAB), Observatoire Aquitain des Sciences de l'Univers (OASU), Floirac CX, France

    Muriel Gargaud

  3. Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), Inst. Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial, Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain

    José Cernicharo Quintanilla

  4. Geophysical Lab., Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

    Henderson James Cleaves

  5. Astronomy Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

    William M. Irvine

  6. Dépt. Sc. de la Terre et de l’Atmosphère, Université du Québec, Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada

    Daniele Pinti

  7. Centre National d'Etudes Spatiale (CNES) DPI/E2U, Paris CX, France

    Michel Viso

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Cleaves, H.J.(. (2014). Pyrolysis GC/MS. In: Amils, R., et al. Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27833-4_1316-3

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