Dear Cap, I think you are bound to have quite a lot of trouble with
cryogenic separation of hydrocarbons (differences in vapour pressure
etc). Why don't you try something like GC separation (apart from
finding one, everything should be very straightforward, with minimal
fractionation), or reacting the CO2 with caustic or so?
Success,
Gert Jaap van Klinken
Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit,
Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art,
6 Keble Road,
Oxford OX1 3QJ
Tel. (01865) 273939
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