GC Connections: Thermal Desorption Sampling

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LCGC North AmericaSeptember 2000
Volume 18
Issue 9
Pages: 940–949

Thermal desorption sampling often provides a means for bringing otherwise intractable samples to a gas chromatography (GC) column for separation and detection. John Hinshaw describes the principles of thermal desorption sampling in relationship to other analysis techniques for volatile solutes.

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