... A. Zlatkis, eds., The Practice of Gas Chromatography, Interscience, NewYork, 1967. MODERN PRACTICE OF GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY FOURTH EDITIONEdited byRobert L. Grob, Ph.D.Professor Emeritus, Analytical ... column. MODERN PRACTICE OF GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY 10 INTRODUCTIONHoldup Time tM. The time necessary for the carrier gas to travel from the point of injection to the detector. This is characteristic of ... and 35.93PREFACEThe fourth edition of Modern Practice of Gas Chromatography represents a num-ber of changes from the first three editions. First, a number of new contributingauthors have been...