electron-capture detector
instrument
Also known as: ECD
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invention by Lovelock
- In James Lovelock
… at NIMR, Lovelock invented the ECD, a device used in gas chromatography that draws upon the ionization properties of argon to detect trace atoms and molecules in a gas sample. The ECD has been used to determine the concentrations of halogen compounds in food and in the atmosphere, including compounds…
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use in chromatography
- In chromatography: Gas chromatographic detectors
In another device, the electron-capture detector, a stream of electrons from a radioactive source is produced in a potential field. Materials in the gas stream containing atoms of certain types capture electrons from the stream and measurably reduce the current. The most important of the capturing atoms are the…
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