gas–liquidadj.
/ˌɡasˈlɪkwɪd/, U.S. /ˌɡæsˈlɪkwᵻd/ Chemistry.
Of or relating to both gas and liquid; esp. designating a form of chromatography in which the moving carrier phase is a gas and the stationary phase is a liquid (cf. gas chromatography n.). Also: of or relating to such chromatography. Cf. GLC n. at G n. Initialisms.
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1915 Jrnl. Physical Chem. 19 13 The relation of the gas-liquid surface tension to the solid-liquid surface tension.
1952 Biochem. Jrnl. 50 679/2 The theory of gas-liquid chromatography differs from that of liquid-liquid chromatography..only by virtue of the fact that the mobile phase is compressible and thus produces a gradient of gas velocity down the column.
1963 Times 22 May (Margarine Suppl.) p. vi/3 The analysis of these fatty acids has been revolutionized by the development of gas-liquid chromatography.
1994 Science 14 Oct. 234/2 Some mechanism, possibly gas diffusion across the gas-liquid interface, is causing the luminosity and equilibrium bubble radius to cycle with a period on the order of seconds.
2010 Jrnl. Chem. Thermodynamics 42 1330 The chemicals were analyzed for purity by gas-liquid chromatography.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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