Method for distinguishing mixtures of chemical compounds.

摘要

Methods and apparatus for distinguishing a first mixture of chemical compounds from a second mixture of chemical compounds by analyzing chromatographic and spectrographic data associated with chemical compounds isolated from the mixtures. In preferred embodiments, the method and apparatus provide spectral match factors and peak scores which correlate the chemical compounds. Match factors and peak scores are subsequently employed in calculating sample scores indicative of the similarities between the mixtures. <IMAGE>