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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2005
Haruhiko Miyagawa, Kyoto, JP;
Haruhiko Miyagawa, Kyoto, JP;
Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto-shi, JP;
Abstract
A gas chromatography/mass spectrometry system includes two sample introduction parts, a gas chromatography part having two columns, a column oven for housing the two columns in a parallel configuration, an interface part through which an outlet end of each of the two columns is inserted, and a mass spectrometry part. The mass spectrometry part has an ionization chamber to which the outlet ends of the columns inserted through the interface part are connected, a mass separation part, an ion detector, and a vacuum chamber for housing the ionization chamber, the mass separation part, and the detector. Because the outlet ends of the parallel columns are both connected to the ionization chamber, the carrier gas flow and line velocity are the same as though there is one column, thereby avoiding line stagnation. Since analyses can be performed selectively with a single system, results having high reliability and precision can be obtained.