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A NUMBER of gas chromatography detectors depending on ionization of the eluted gases have recently been reported1. Ionization has been effected either by β-rays from a radioactive source, or by a low-pressure glow discharge, or by electrons emitted in an ionization gauge.
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HARLEY, J., NEL, W. & PRETORIUS, V. Flame Ionization Detector for Gas Chromatography. Nature 181, 177–178 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/181177a0
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