gas chromatograph
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- gas chromatography noun
Etymology
Origin of gas chromatograph
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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These are then put into a gas chromatograph, which separates the chemical components.
From Science Daily • Oct. 19, 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
On deck, Sylva places a water sample in a gas chromatograph, what looks like a steampunk version of a mid-1980s microwave.
From Scientific American • Feb. 12, 2018
Sometimes a gas chromatograph or high-performance liquid chromatograph provides an initial separation of the large molecules, which are then input into the mass spectrometer.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
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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