What is the typical mobile phase used in gas chromatography?

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What is the typical mobile phase used in gas chromatography?
  1. Liquid solvent
  2. Gas
  3. Solid adsorbent
  4. Aqueous solution

Questions & Step-by-Step Solutions

What is the typical mobile phase used in gas chromatography?
  • Step 1: Understand that gas chromatography is a technique used to separate and analyze compounds that can be vaporized.
  • Step 2: Identify that in gas chromatography, there are two main phases: the stationary phase and the mobile phase.
  • Step 3: Recognize that the mobile phase is the phase that moves through the system.
  • Step 4: Learn that in gas chromatography, the mobile phase is always a gas.
  • Step 5: Know that the most commonly used gases for the mobile phase are helium and nitrogen.
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