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THE large number of mass spectra that are generated by gas chromatographic–mass spectrometric (GC–MS) examination of lipid fractions are being processed more and more by on-line digital computers1–4.
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SMITH, D., EGLINTON, G. Compound Classification by Computer Treatment of Low Resolution Mass Spectra—Application to Geochemical and Environmental Problems. Nature 235, 325–328 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/235325a0
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