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> How would you even get started figuring out which compounds are coming from a book? I'm not a chemist, and this is just a guess, but perhaps by placing the b
by leereeves 8y ago
> How would you even get started figuring out which compounds are coming from a book?
I'm not a chemist, and this is just a guess, but perhaps by placing the book in a vacuum, waiting for it to outgas a bit, then analyzing the resulting "air".
- mallomarmeasle 8y agoYes, something along these lines. Its called "headspace' analysis. The volatile components that come off are typically checked with GC/MS.
- snazz 8y agoThat sounds reasonable. The more I think about it, the more I think that they probably already had guessed which compounds might be present, and simply performed a variety of tests on the gas to determine if those compounds were present.