Jul 30, 2018 · In gas chromatography (GC), the sample is vaporized and injected onto the head of a chromatographic column. Elution is brought about by the flow of an inert gaseous mobile phase such as helium, argon, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen. In GC, the mobile phase does not interact with molecules of the analyte, and it only transports the analyte through the column. In two general kinds of GC