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Detection of Nanogram Quantities of Sulphur Hexafluoride by Electron Capture Methods
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Detection of Nanogram Quantities of Sulphur Hexafluoride by Electron Capture Methods

  • N. L. GREGORY1 

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As sulphur hexafluoride is now used as a gaseous insulating and arc-quenching medium in electrical equipment, there is some interest in methods for its estimation in mixtures with other gases. The accompanying gas chromatogram (Fig. 1) demonstrates that electron capture methods can be applied to this end.

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GREGORY, N. Detection of Nanogram Quantities of Sulphur Hexafluoride by Electron Capture Methods. Nature 196, 162 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/196162a0

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