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Article: Gas Chromatograph-mass Spectrometer
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- World of Forensic Science
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Gas Chromatograph-mass Spectrometer
In a forensic examination, some sample material can be evaluated at the scene of the accident of crime. Other material, however, needs to be collected and taken to a dedicated laboratory for more sophisticated analyses using a variety of analytical instruments. In 1976, scientists William Keith Hadley and J. A. Zoro, in the United Kingdom, first suggested the use of gas chromatography/mass
spectroscopy
for forensic purposes and the instrument is now used for a variety of forensic purposes.
The GC/MS instrument helps separate and determine the individual elements and molecules in a sample. The GC/MS provides forensic investigators the ability to ...