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Quantitative Estimation of Peak Areas in Gas-Liquid Chromatography

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QUANTITATIVE estimation of peak areas on gas-liquid chromatograms has been carried out by a variety of methods, which include triangulation, cutting out the peak areas and weighing the cut paper, planimeter tracing and use of an integrator built into the recorder. A new method recently proposed by Bartlet and Smith1 is based on evidence that the peaks obtained with a well-designed chromatograph closely approximate a normal or Gaussian distribution curve.

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  1. Bartlet, J. C., and Smith, D. M., Canad. J. Chem., 38, 2057 (1960).

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CARROLL, K. Quantitative Estimation of Peak Areas in Gas-Liquid Chromatography. Nature 191, 377–378 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/191377a0

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