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Gel Permeation Chromatography

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Methods in Lignin Chemistry

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Gel permeation chromatography (GPC), sometimes referred to as gel filtration chromatography (GFC) or size exclusion chromatography (SEC), entails the chromatographic fractionation of macromolecules according to molecular size.

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  1. LignoTech USA Inc., 100 Highway 51 South, 54474, Rothschild, WI, USA

    Stephen Y. Lin

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    Carlton W. Dence

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Gellerstedt, G. (1992). Gel Permeation Chromatography. In: Lin, S.Y., Dence, C.W. (eds) Methods in Lignin Chemistry. Springer Series in Wood Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74065-7_34

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