GCMS

• WHAT IS GCMS?

  gas chromatography mass spectrometry
• WHEN IS GCMS USED?

  forensics and to test for doping in athletes/ racehorses
• WHAT DOES GCMS DO?

  separate mixtures
• HOW DOES GCMS SEPARATE MIXTURES?

  by using stream of gas to carry a mix of vapours through a tube filled with powdered solids (different components emerge at different times)