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Method for sample identification using a locked retention time database

US5827946A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 30, 1997
Grant dateOct 27, 1998
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Expiry dateApr 30, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2030/8804
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention provides a method for developing a retention time database of identified analytes and their respective retention times in a reference Gas Chromatograph (GC) system under locked conditions for identification of unknown analytes of interest eluting from any GC system locked to the retention time database and may also be employed in combination with selective detection and or method translation for enhanced certainty of identification.

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