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Title: | Fuel mixtures : a forensic question |
Authors: | Vella, Alfred J. |
Keywords: | Environmental forensics Hazardous substances -- Safety measures Gas chromatography -- Forensic applications |
Issue Date: | 1994 |
Publisher: | Royal Society of Chemistry |
Citation: | Vella, A. J. (1994). Fuel mixtures : a forensic question. Education in Chemistry, 31(2), 46-49. |
Abstract: | Gas chromatography is one of the most frequently used and powerful tools available for separation and analysis, because of its speed, resolving power, and extreme sensitivity. For quantitative work, a calibration curve is invariably required. Intuitively, such curves are expected to be straight lines, but in practice they are usually not. I would like to present a real problem in forensic chemistry that lends itself to a practical exercise in high resolution gas chromatography, involving a nonlinear calibration curve. The reasons for the nonlinearity of the curve are discussed and the experimental curve is modelled on the basis of a simplified treatment of the analytical problem. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/93208 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacSciChe |
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