Finding a Needle in a Haystack

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LCGC Europe

LCGC EuropeLCGC Europe-11-01-2004
Volume 17
Issue 11
Pages: 580–585

This instalment of GC Connections examines the basics of peak identification and quantification and demonstrates how they can both influence the quality of one's results as much as or even more than sample preparation, separation and detection.

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Articles in this issue
Gradient Performance Checks
Facilitated Column Ranking and Selection in Reversed-Phase Liquid Chromatographic Analysis
Finding a Needle in a Haystack
From Tables to Visuals: Principal Component Analysis, Part 1
Headspace Liquid Microextraction
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