Extended Data Fig. 6: Timescales for steps in the workflow.

Average timescales for the various steps in the workflow (sample preparation, photolysis and analysis) for a batch of 16 experiments. These averages were calculated over 46 separate batches. These average times include the time taken for the loading and unloading steps (for example, the photolysis time itself was 60 min; loading and unloading takes an average of 28 min per batch). The slowest step in the workflow is the gas chromatography analysis.