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1 Sample Collection and Preparation: How Do I Get My Sample Ready for GC-MS Analysis? |
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1 | (40) |
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1.1 How Do I Collect and Sample a Gas for GC or GC-MS Analysis? |
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2 | (8) |
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1.1.1 What Is Spot Analysis? |
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3 | (1) |
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1.1.2 How Do I Sub-sample with a Canister or Sampling Bag? |
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3 | (2) |
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1.1.3 What Is Active Sampling? |
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5 | (5) |
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1.1.4 What Is Passive Sampling? |
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10 | (1) |
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1.1.5 What Is Online Sampling? |
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10 | (1) |
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1.2 How Do I Sample and Prepare a Liquid for GC or GC-MS Analysis? |
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10 | (17) |
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1.2.1 How Do I Store My Liquid Samples? |
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11 | (1) |
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1.2.2 Which Solvents Can I Use in Sample Preparation for Injection into a GC? |
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11 | (2) |
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1.2.3 Which Sample Preparation Techniques Can Be Used for Liquid Samples with GC-MS Analysis? |
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13 | (1) |
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1.2.4 How Can I Prepare Liquid Samples with a Liquid Phase? |
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14 | (3) |
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1.2.5 How Can I Prepare Liquid Samples with a Solid Phase? |
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17 | (8) |
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1.2.6 How Can I Prepare Liquid Samples Thermally? |
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25 | (2) |
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1.3 How Do I Sample and Prepare a Solid for GC or GC-MS Analysis? |
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27 | (10) |
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1.3.1 Can I Use Thermal Desorption? |
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28 | (1) |
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1.3.2 When Should I Use Analytical Pyrolysis for Solid Samples? |
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29 | (3) |
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1.3.3 What Liquid Extraction Techniques Can Be Used? |
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32 | (2) |
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1.3.4 What Is Microwave Extraction? |
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34 | (1) |
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1.3.5 What Is Pressurised Fluid Extraction? |
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35 | (2) |
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1.4 When Should I Use Derivatisation in GC-MS Analysis? |
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37 | (3) |
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1.5 How Do I Know How Well My Sample Preparation Has Worked? |
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40 | (1) |
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2 How Do I Introduce My Samples into the GC Column? |
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41 | (27) |
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2.1 How Do I Inject My Sample into the GC? |
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41 | (2) |
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2.2 How Do I Transfer My Introduced Sample into the Analytical Column? |
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43 | (2) |
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2.3 How Do I Select Which Inlet Is Suited for My Application? |
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45 | (11) |
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45 | (1) |
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2.3.2 Split and Splitless Inlets |
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46 | (4) |
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2.3.3 Programmable Temperature Vaporiser Inlets |
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50 | (6) |
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2.4 Comparison of Injection Techniques |
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56 | (10) |
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2.4.1 How Do I Select and Optimise My Inlet Method Parameters and Consumables? |
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57 | (1) |
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57 | (3) |
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60 | (1) |
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2.4.4 Sample Transfer Time to the Column |
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61 | (1) |
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61 | (1) |
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2.4.6 Liner Size and Style |
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62 | (1) |
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2.4.7 Liner Packing Material |
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63 | (1) |
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64 | (1) |
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65 | (1) |
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2.5 How Do I Introduce a Gas into the Gas Chromatograph? |
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66 | (2) |
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67 | (1) |
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3 Chromatographic Separation |
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68 | (20) |
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3.1 How Do I Assess the Quality of My Chromatographic Separation? |
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68 | (3) |
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3.1.1 Chromatographic Systems |
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68 | (1) |
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3.1.2 Separation Techniques |
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69 | (2) |
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3.2 How Do I Select the Right Stationary Phase and Column Chemistry? |
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71 | (2) |
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3.3 Theoretical Background and Definition of Chromatographic Terms |
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73 | (8) |
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3.3.1 Retention on the Column |
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73 | (2) |
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75 | (1) |
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75 | (1) |
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76 | (1) |
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3.3.5 Band Broadening and Column Efficiency |
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76 | (2) |
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3.3.6 Rate Theory and Band Broadening |
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78 | (3) |
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3.4 How Do I Select the Best Mobile Phase to Give Me the Best Efficiency? |
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81 | (2) |
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3.5 How Do I Reduce Retention Time? |
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83 | (2) |
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3.6 How Do I Evaluate the Separation of Closely Eluting Bands in a Chromatogram? |
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85 | (1) |
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3.7 How Do I Optimise Column Performance? |
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86 | (2) |
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Further Reading Materials |
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87 | (1) |
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4 How Do I Detect My Analytes? |
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88 | (11) |
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4.1 What Types of GC Detectors Are There? |
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88 | (2) |
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90 | (2) |
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4.2.1 How Does a FID Work? |
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91 | (1) |
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4.2.2 What Parameters Do I Need to Optimise When Using a FID? |
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91 | (1) |
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92 | (2) |
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4.3.1 How Do an ECD and μECD Work? |
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92 | (1) |
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4.3.2 What Parameters Do I Need to Optimise When Using an ECD? |
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93 | (1) |
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4.4 What Is a Thermal Conductivity Detector? |
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94 | (1) |
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4.4.1 How Does a TCD Work? |
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94 | (1) |
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4.4.2 What Parameters Do I Need to Optimise When Using a TCD? |
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94 | (1) |
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4.5 Why Would I Choose a GC-MS Over Other GC Detectors? |
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95 | (1) |
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4.6 How Do I Connect My Analytical Column to Two or More Detectors? |
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96 | (3) |
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99 | (44) |
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5.1 A Historical Perspective: Why Do I Need Ions for MS Analysis? |
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99 | (3) |
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5.1.1 Are Mass Spectrometers Sophisticated Balances That Are Able to Determine the Mass of a Molecule? |
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101 | (1) |
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5.2 Introduction to Mass Spectrometry |
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102 | (7) |
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5.2.1 What Are the Basic Fundamentals Needed for Understanding MS? |
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102 | (1) |
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102 | (1) |
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5.2.3 Atoms of Elements and Isotopes |
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102 | (2) |
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5.2.4 Atomic Mass and the Unified Atomic Mass Unit |
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104 | (1) |
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104 | (1) |
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5.2.6 What Is the Mass-to-charge Ratio? |
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105 | (1) |
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5.2.7 Isotopic Mass and Monoisotopic Mass of a Molecule or Ion |
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106 | (2) |
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5.2.8 Relative Atomic and Molecular Mass |
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108 | (1) |
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5.3 Basic Aspects of MS Instrumentation and GC-MS |
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109 | (6) |
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5.3.1 Are All Compounds Suited for GC-MS Analysis? |
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109 | (1) |
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5.3.2 How Do I Select the Ionisation to Fit to a GC Front End Separation? |
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110 | (1) |
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5.3.3 How Do I Ensure That the Mass Spectrometer Will Produce Good Spectra? |
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111 | (2) |
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5.3.4 How Do I Keep My Mass Spectrometer Running Optimally? |
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113 | (1) |
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5.3.5 Why Do I Need a GC for the Analysis of a Complex Mixture of Compounds? |
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114 | (1) |
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5.3.6 Are There Artefacts From the Analytical Technique - What Should I Be Aware of? |
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114 | (1) |
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5.4 How are Ions Generated in a MS Instrument? |
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115 | (11) |
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5.4.1 Electron (Impact) Ionisation |
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115 | (7) |
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5.4.2 Chemical Ionisation |
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122 | (4) |
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5.5 How is the Mass-to-charge (m/z) Ratio Determined in Mass Spectrometer? |
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126 | (7) |
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126 | (1) |
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5.5.2 Time of Flight Analysers |
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127 | (1) |
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5.5.3 Quadrupole Mass Analyser |
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128 | (2) |
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5.5.4 Quadrupole Ion Trap |
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130 | (1) |
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5.5.5 What Is Unit Mass Resolution? |
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131 | (1) |
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5.5.6 How Are the Separated Ions Detected? |
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132 | (1) |
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5.6 What Parameters Do I Need to Optimise When Using an MS? |
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133 | (7) |
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5.6.1 How Do I Choose the Scan Range and Scan Speed for My Analysis? |
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133 | (3) |
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5.6.2 How Do I choose My Ions for SIM and Set-up My SIM Groups? |
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136 | (1) |
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5.6.3 What Temperatures Need to Be Optimised in an MS? |
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137 | (1) |
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5.6.4 What is the Solvent Delay or Cut Time and How Do I Optimise It? |
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138 | (1) |
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5.6.5 What Detector Parameters Require Optimisation? |
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139 | (1) |
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5.6.6 What GC Parameter Considerations Are There When Hyphenating with an MS? |
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139 | (1) |
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140 | (1) |
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141 | (2) |
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6 What Is Qualitative Analysis and How Do I Perform It? |
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143 | (20) |
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6.1 How Can I Use My GC-MS Chromatogram and Spectral Data? |
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144 | (1) |
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6.2 What Information Can I Extract from the Chromatogram About Data Quality? |
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145 | (3) |
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6.2.1 What Is the Baseline? |
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145 | (1) |
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6.2.2 Chromatographic Resolution |
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146 | (1) |
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146 | (1) |
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6.2.4 Signal-to-Noise Ratio |
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146 | (1) |
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147 | (1) |
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6.3 How Do I Determine If My Analytes Are Present or Not? |
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148 | (5) |
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6.3.1 How Do I Integrate Peaks? |
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148 | (1) |
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6.3.2 What Affects the Peak Integration? |
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149 | (1) |
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6.3.3 How Do I Integrate Coeluting Peaks? |
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150 | (1) |
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150 | (2) |
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6.3.5 Kovats Retention Index |
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152 | (1) |
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6.4 How Do I Identify Peaks? |
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153 | (10) |
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6.4.1 How Do I Extract a High-quality Mass Spectrum? |
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153 | (5) |
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6.4.2 How Do I Perform a Library Search? |
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158 | (4) |
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6.4.3 My Mass Spectrum Is Not in the Library, How Do I Determine What It Is? |
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162 | (1) |
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7 Basic Aspects of Mass Spectra Interpretation |
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163 | (42) |
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7.1 What Information Does the Molecular Ion in EI-MS [ M]+ Give Me? |
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163 | (8) |
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7.1.1 What Is a Molecular Ion? |
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163 | (1) |
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7.1.2 What Is the Nitrogen Rule? |
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164 | (2) |
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7.1.3 Double Bond-equivalents |
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166 | (2) |
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7.1.4 What Information Does the Isotopic Patterns of the Molecular Ion [ M]+ in El-Mass Spectra Give Me? |
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168 | (3) |
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7.2 What Information Do the EI-MS Fragment Ions Give Me? |
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171 | (32) |
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7.2.1 What Are Localised Charges? |
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172 | (1) |
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7.2.2 How Do I Correctly Discuss MS Fragmentation Processes? |
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173 | (1) |
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7.2.3 Typical Fragmentation and Rearrangement Reactions in EI-MS |
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174 | (1) |
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7.2.4 Fragmentation of Unactivated C-C Sigma Bonds: OE+ ->EE+ + R |
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175 | (5) |
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7.2.5 Fragmentation of Activated Sigma Bonds: Allylic and Benzylic Cleavage |
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180 | (6) |
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7.2.6 Fragmentation of Activated Sigma Bonds: (Alpha) a-bond Cleavage Relative to Heteroatoms |
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186 | (4) |
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7.2.7 Isomerisation Reactions Prior to Fragmentation: Hydrogen Shift Rearrangement Reactions in Alicyclic Compounds |
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190 | (2) |
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7.2.8 How Do Rearrangement Reactions Leading to the Loss of Very Stable Neutral Molecules Such as H2O, NH3, HCN, C2H4, CO, CO2 and So Forth Occur? |
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192 | (4) |
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7.2.9 What Is the McLafferty Rearrangement Reaction? |
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196 | (5) |
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7.2.10 Retro Diels Alder Reaction |
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201 | (2) |
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203 | (1) |
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203 | (2) |
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8 What Is Quantitative Analysis and How Do I Perform It? |
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205 | (33) |
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8.1 How Can I Make Sure the System Is Ready for Quantitative Analysis? |
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207 | (1) |
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8.2 How Do I Calibrate My System to Obtain Quantitative Data? |
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208 | (11) |
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8.2.1 When Should I Use Normalisation as a Calibration Method? |
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209 | (1) |
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8.2.2 When Should I Use External Standardisation as a Calibration Method? |
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210 | (3) |
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8.2.3 When Should I Use Internal Standardisation as a Calibration Method? |
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213 | (5) |
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8.2.4 When Should I Use Standard Addition as a Calibration Method? |
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218 | (1) |
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8.3 How Do I Validate my Method? |
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219 | (18) |
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8.3.1 Linearity and Calibration Curves |
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220 | (2) |
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8.3.2 How Do I Calculate the Limit of Detection? |
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222 | (1) |
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8.3.3 How Do I Calculate the Limit of Quantitation? |
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223 | (1) |
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8.3.4 What Is the Difference Between Precision and Accuracy? |
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224 | (1) |
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8.3.5 How Do I Determine Accuracy? |
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225 | (1) |
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8.3.6 How Do I Measure Precision? |
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226 | (6) |
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8.3.7 How Do I Validate Standard Stability? |
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232 | (1) |
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8.3.8 How Do I Validate Sample Stability? |
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233 | (1) |
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8.3.9 How Do I Assess the Robustness and Ruggedness of My GC-MS Methods? |
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234 | (1) |
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235 | (1) |
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8.3.11 Design of Experiments to Study the Robustness and Ruggedness |
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236 | (1) |
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237 | (1) |
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237 | (1) |
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9 How Do I Maintain My GC-MS? |
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238 | (33) |
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9.1 Do I Need to Perform Maintenance? |
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238 | (1) |
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9.2 What Should I Do Before I Perform Maintenance? |
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239 | (2) |
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239 | (1) |
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240 | (1) |
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240 | (1) |
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240 | (1) |
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9.3 What Tools Do I Need to Perform Maintenance? |
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241 | (1) |
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9.4 Where Is Maintenance Required and How Do I Perform It? |
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242 | (25) |
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9.4.1 Sample Vials, Caps and Septa |
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242 | (1) |
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9.4.2 Maintenance of the Sampling Device or Autosampler |
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243 | (3) |
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9.4.3 Maintenance on the Gas Chromatograph |
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246 | (11) |
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9.4.4 Maintenance of the Mass Spectrometer |
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257 | (10) |
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9.4.5 PC and Software Maintenance |
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267 | (1) |
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9.5 How Do I Know That My Maintenance Is Successful? |
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267 | (3) |
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9.5.1 How Do I Ensure My Instrument Is Working Correctly After Performing Maintenance? |
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267 | (1) |
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9.5.2 Sensitivity and Performance Checks |
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268 | (1) |
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268 | (2) |
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270 | (1) |
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10 How Do I Troubleshoot a Problem on My GC-MS? |
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271 | (29) |
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271 | (1) |
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10.2 What Is the Troubleshooting Process? |
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272 | (3) |
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10.2.1 Always Be Prepared to Deal with Problems |
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272 | (1) |
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10.2.2 Define the Problem |
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272 | (1) |
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10.2.3 Gather Information About the Problem |
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273 | (1) |
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10.2.4 Verify Your Method and Sample |
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273 | (1) |
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10.2.5 Check the Symptoms |
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273 | (1) |
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10.2.6 Isolate the Problem |
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273 | (1) |
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274 | (1) |
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275 | (1) |
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275 | (1) |
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10.3 Useful Tools for Troubleshooting |
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275 | (1) |
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10.4 A Breakdown of Problem Areas |
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275 | (13) |
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10.4.1 Problem Areas: Samples |
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276 | (1) |
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10.4.2 Problem Areas: Gases and Plumbing |
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277 | (1) |
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10.4.3 Problem Areas: Autosampler |
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278 | (1) |
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10.4.4 Problem Areas: Inlets |
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278 | (4) |
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10.4.5 Problem Areas: Columns and Column Oven |
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282 | (2) |
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10.4.6 Problem Areas: GC Detectors |
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284 | (1) |
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10.4.7 Problem Areas: Vacuums |
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285 | (2) |
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10.4.8 Problem Areas: Mass Spectrometer |
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287 | (1) |
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10.4.9 Problem Areas: Computers and Data System |
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288 | (1) |
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288 | (9) |
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288 | (3) |
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291 | (4) |
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295 | (1) |
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296 | (1) |
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10.5.5 Retention Time Shifts |
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296 | (1) |
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297 | (1) |
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297 | (3) |
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300 | (3) |
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