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                 water   changes          packed   Chapter   are   are   a   mounted   They   circuit,   is   over   all   When   two

                 or                     thermal   for   (see   conductivity   cavities   either   the   in   minimized.   WX   Bridge   current   block,   control.   the   slightly,   bridge   corners   In
                 gases   temperature   (TCD)   with   particularly   H,   and   the  thermal   cavities   cell   The   contains   are   (so-called   DC   A   cell   the   passing   “zero”   mixture   in   increase   the   and   opposite   Response   NH;   co   CO,   H,0   SiCl,   SiHCI,   SiF,

           Characteristics   fixed   no  only,   of   or   flow   DETECTOR   equipped  were   popular,   CO,   CO,,   measures   thermal   the   to   least   two   common.   and   each   filaments   concentrically   held   volume   be   to   alloy   Wheatstone   a   (Fig.   7.12).   temperature   of   carrier   gas   with   a   gas  of  the   temperatures   greatly,   across   No   Or  Little






           (FID)   compounds   effect   helium   or   instruments   remained   HO,   like   that  detector   compared   at  detector   more   is   stainless   steel)   The  wires).   are   or   the   cell  tungsten-rhenium   into   resistance   the   With   pure   balanced   conductivity   filament   increase   to   develops   Giving   Detector      CS,   COs   HS   So,   NO   N20   NO,


           Detector   ppb)  (~50   little   limit—400°C   gas—nitrogen   CONDUCTIVITY   GC   have   analytes   differential   gas,   conventional   four  cavities   (usually   hot  (so-called   Figure   7.11,   permits   a   incorporated   measuring   them   above   differential.   circuit   is   thermal   their   filaments   voltage   a   Compounds   Ionization



           Ionization   MDQ—107!"'g   Response—organic  Linearity—10°—excellent  Stability—excellent,   Temperature   early  of  the   They   inorganic   is  a   carrier   in   In   a   with   cell   block   filament   in  shown   design   that   tungsten   or   resistance.   are  filaments   for   heat   to   the  bridge   the   decreased,   of   the   is   7.3  TABLE   Flame   the   He   Ar   Kr   Ne   Xe   O2   N,



           Flame   .       Carrier   THERMAL   all   detectors.   and   TCD   analyte   gas.   a   metal   a   or   as   a   of   method   them   temperature   elutes,   is   resistance   unbalanced—that

    116      aA  Nw  tw                Nearly   tivity   umns   The   of   the   carrier   although   into   wire   holders,   cavity,   made   high   of   The   classic   through   a   elements,   analyte   cavities   the
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