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Gas Chromatography Forensics

Gas Chromatography is useful in Forensics, so let us check it out some of the applications in forensics. Uses of GC are as follows:

  1. Gas Chromatography is used in determination of blood alcohol content in the body.
  2. Blood alcohol analysis test is used by law enforcement to determine if a driver was unlawfully driving or operating a vehicle.
  3. Certain drugs are prohibited in certain states, so in order to check whether person has taken drugs in the body Gas chromatography is used.
  4. Gas chromatography is used to test samples found at crime scene.
  5. GC is used to identify which fluids and chemicals are present in the body.
  6. Testing of blood and fibre at the crime scene by GC.

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Advantages and disadvantages of Chromatography

Chromatography is simple method. Chromatography can be handled by single person.

Other advantages are, Chromatography is used to separate components from complex mixture.

Different types of chromatography equipment are available for separation of different compounds.

Some of them are Gas Chromatography, Liquid Chromatography, Solid Chromatography, High performance liquid Chromatography, Solid liquid Chromatography, Liquid liquid Chromatography, Thin layer Chromatography. This method gives accurate results.

Types of chromatography

There are various different types of chromatography which are used today in different industries and in day to day life.

Before going into detail let us check it out the definition of the chromatography.

The chromatogaphy is the separation of a component from of complex mixture of substance.

Types of component, functional group or structure can be identified with the help of chromatography.

List of some of the equipment are as follows:

Gas chromatography

Liquid chromatography

Solid chromatography

Liquid-liquid chromatography