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Gas–Solid Chromatographic Separation of Atmospheric Gases on Activated Alumina

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SEPARATION of oxygen, nitrogen and carbon dioxide by gas–solid chromatography has been accomplished on multiple columns of different adsorbents1,2. Greene et al.3 almost achieved this separation on activated charcoal, but resolution of oxygen and nitrogen with this adsorbent was incomplete.

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HOFFMANN, R., LIST, G. & EVANS, C. Gas–Solid Chromatographic Separation of Atmospheric Gases on Activated Alumina. Nature 211, 965 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/211965a0

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