I have heard about a GC/MS system, what is that?
The GC/MS (gas chromatography/mass spectrometer) is actually two pieces of equipment used in conjunction. The pair of equipment is very complex and usually costs between $100,000 and $200,000. For this reason, there are only a handful in each large city, usually found at universities and hospitals. The GC performs the separation and the MS allows the chemical identification. The GC separates the drug metabolites from the thousands of compounds found in the urine. Every compound has a specific molecular weight and charge, which allows for each compound to be separated and identified, based on these criteria.
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