Chapter 21 GC.pptVIP

Gas chromatography is a chromatographic technique in which the mobile phase is a gas. In gas chromatography (GC) the sample, which may be a gas or liquid, is injected into a stream of an inert gaseous mobile phase (often called the carrier gas). The sample is carried through a packed or capillary column where the sample’s components separate based on their ability to distribute themselves between the mobile and stationary phases. A schematic diagram of a typical gas chromatograph is shown in Figure 21.1. Sample is injected (using a syringe) into the injection port. Sample vaporizes and is fo