Detectors for Gas Chromatography

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Last Updated: March 9, 2022

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Srividya Kailasam, PhD

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Gas chromatography (GC) is a technique that enables the separation of compounds of interest present in a gaseous or vaporized sample. Different technologies can be used to detect and measure the separated sample compounds. Some detectors respond to all analytes and are categorized as universal detectors, while selective detectors respond to analytes that contain specific elements or functional groups.

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Flame ionization detectors
Electron capture detectors
Thermal conductivity detectors
Nitrogen phosphorus detectors
Mass spectrometers

Meet the Author

Srividya Kailasam, PhD

Srividya completed her doctoral training in analytical chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. During her postdoctoral research in the United States, she worked on process analytical chemistry, analysis of toxic industrial chemicals and quantification of VOCs in biological matrices. After returning to India, Srividya joined Agilent Technologies in Bangalore, as an application scientist where she developed numerous LC, LC-MS and LC-MS/MS methods for the analysis of a variety of samples such as pharmaceuticals, bio-fluids, beverages and animal feed. She then moved to Thermo Fisher Scientific in Bangalore and worked as a subject matter expert for software development focused on the analysis of mass spectrometry data. Srividya started writing for Technology Networks in May of 2021.