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Mystery GC peak appearing between 1H2 and various molecular combinations of 1H, 2H and 3H?

The following gas chromatograph, taken from "Review of the different techniques to analyse tritium", labels all but the largest peak. Given that the analyte is likely to be from some source ...
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Using Hydrogen as a carrier gas for a GC; consideration of reactivity with analytes

In many cases people use H2 as a carrier gas for a GC. But does this exclude analysis of (say) systems with unsaturation or aromatic compounds etc. If a analysis uses a temperature program say up to ...
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Determining volume of hydrogen gas evolved in water splitting reaction

I want to carry out a photocatalytic water spliting reaction. This reaction will generate Hydrogen and Oxygen gas in 2:1 ratio according to the following reaction - 2H2O + energy (light) → 2H2 + O2 So,...
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Gas chromatography flame ionization detector (FID) - why hydrogen gas?

Why is $\ce{H2}$ used in an FID, apart from the fact its combustion does not contaminate the flame? In other words, is the temperature of the flame important or critical? Is the stability of the ...
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Pre-Hydrogen Feature On the Output Of a Gas Chromatography Thermal Conductivity Detector

A candidate for "dark matter", predicted and now apparently detected to have both a higher thermal conductivity and higher diffusion rate than H2 is purported in this PowerPoint Presentation file. ...
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