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Why is 'Nitrogen' known as the solvent? Why other gases known as a solvent?

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Nitrogen is non-polar solvent which is used in gas chromatography as a solvent. We cannot use every gas as solvent because some of the gases are highly inflammable which may explode and catch fire.


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