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Estimation of the Hydrocarbons in Primary Tars by Hot Chromatography

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HEATED adsorption columns or hot solutions poured down ordinary columns have been used for the separation of the desired constituent of a mixture, mainly with the aim of accelerating what might otherwise be a tedious process. Heat can only be used where the adsorption affinities of the constituents to be separated remain sufficiently different at the higher temperature for separations to be effected.

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VAHRMAN, M. Estimation of the Hydrocarbons in Primary Tars by Hot Chromatography. Nature 165, 404–405 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/165404a0

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