“…(7) (GLC) with a mass spectrometer (MS) for the characterization of the emerging fractions is an intriguing idea of considerable potential, and this principle was demonstrated as early as 1957 (9). It has since been employed in various modes, ranging from the simple monitoring of a single mass (6,8) to the fast scanning of a preselected part (9) of the spectrum, or all of it, using oscillograph recorders (3,4,10,11) or oscilloscope photography (5, 7). A less direct approach utilizes a manifold located between GLC and MS for intermediate trapping of the fractions (5, 12).…”