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"So the next time you use a gas
chromatograph, remember to thank Mr. A.J.P. Martin." Those writers have done
their homework. |
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"Brace yourselves gentlemen, according to
the gas chromatograph the secret ingredient is .....love!? "Who's been screwing with
this thing?" |
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A Bank of Scotland £20 note showing a Waters
liquid chromatograph |
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Chromatography in space |
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A U.K Royal Mail stamp celebrating Martin and
Synge's 1952 Nobel prize for the separation of amino acids. |
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A 10 Deutsche Mark note with the
chromatographer's favourite peak - Gaussian. Carl Friedrich Gauss 1777-1855 |
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Medicine Man starring Sean Connery. Working in the rain forest, he uses chromatography on
a leaf extract which can cure cancer. His assistant (Lorraine Bracco) views a
chromatogram on a laptop and announces that there are 47 peaks. We see a scrolling list of
the identities of the peaks which includes ferric chloride and silica - and a totally new
organic compound (for which the computer program produces a structure!) all in the one
chromatogram! The writers should talk to the writers of the Simpsons to get some tips. |
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