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SINCE their invention by Golay1, the use of open tubular columns with liquid phase coating on the inside wall became one of the most important techniques of gas chromatography. The use of open tubular columns permits the analysis of complex mixtures with high efficiency. It was, however, felt that the use of such columns for low-boiling hydrocarbons (below C4) is possible only at ‘very low’ temperatures2. According to our best knowledge, the separation of methane, ethane and ethylene with open tubular columns was not yet reported.
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AVERILL, W., ETTRE, L. Gas Chromatographic Analysis of C1–C4 Hydrocarbons with open Tubular Columns. Nature 196, 1198–1199 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1961198a0
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