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Combined chromatograph and mass spectrometer analyzing apparatus

  • US 3,291,980 A
  • Filed: 11/29/1963
  • Issued: 12/13/1966
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/29/1963
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING A MIXTURE COMPRISING:

  • A GAS CHROMATOGRAPHIC SYSTEM WHEREIN A CARRIER GAS TRANSPORTS SAID MIXTURE THROUGH A CHROMATOGRAPHIC COLUMN FOR SEPARATING THE COMPONENTS OF SAID MIXTURE AND FOR DETERMINING THE QUANTITY OF EACH COMPONENT;

    L A MASS SPECTROMETER RESPONSIVE TO SAID COMPONENT FOR IDENTIFYING SAID COMPONENTS;

    AND CARRIER GAS BY-PASS MEANS COUPLED ACROSS SAID COLUMN FOR REDUCING THE FLOW OF SAID CARRIER GAS IN SAID COLUMN TO ISOLATE SAID CHROMATOGRAPHIC COLUMN AFTER A COMPONENT IS DETECTED BY SAID GAS CHROMATOGRAPHIC SYSTEM FOR A PERIOD OF TIME SUFFICIENT TO PERMIT SAID MASS SPECTROMETER TO SCAN SAID COMPONENT AND IDENTIFY SAID COMPONENT.

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