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Laboratory equipment used for lipid, or fatty acid, analyses. The Gas Chromatograph separates the individual components of the residue sample. The instrument is equipped with two different detectors: a Flame Ionization Detector (FID) and a Mass Spectrometer (MS). Component identifications made with the FID are based on comparisons with standards. Components passing into the MS are identified with the computerized NIST Mass Spectral database. Photo courtesy of Mary Malainey.
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