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Gas chromatograph having integrated pressure programmer

US4994096A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 9, 1989
Grant dateFeb 19, 1991
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Expiry dateMay 9, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2030/3015
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Apparatus and methods are disclosed for performing a chromatographic separation of a given compound utilizing programmed temperature and mass flow wherein the compound is injected into a pressurized carrier gas and passed through a column and wherein a portion of the column is subjected to a temperature profile, by determining the pressure of the carrier gas and generating a pressure information signal representative of such pressure, storing desired carrier gas mass flow information and temperature profile information, and controlling the pressure of the carrier gas in response to the mass flow information, the temperature profile information and the pressure information signal, so that as the temperature profile information changes with time, the desired mass flow of carrier gas at a corresponding time is maintained by controlling the pressure of the carrier gas.

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