B. There was big news all over the internet that the Ponkan oranges that were imported from one of our neighboring counties are heavily contaminated with pesticides. Your lab was asked to analyze these samples using a gas chromatographic procedure. 8. The GC detector that was utilized in this analysis is the electron capture detector, ECD. Explain how this detector works and why was this utilized in the analysis.

B. There was big news all over the internet that the Ponkan oranges that were imported from one of our neighboring counties are heavily contaminated with pesticides. Your lab was asked to analyze these samples using a gas chromatographic procedure. 8. The GC detector that was utilized in this analysis is the electron capture detector, ECD. Explain how this detector works and why was this utilized in the analysis.

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