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Curtain Flow Column: Optimization of Efficiency and Sensitivity
Published on: June 12, 2016
[Theoretical investigation of dynamic process in capillary column gas chromatographic system--effect of radial
1National Chromatographic R. & A. Centre of China, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116011.
Abstract:
Based on a mass balance equation, in this paper, the kinetic model of chromatography including influence of the radial diffusion on the mass transfer process is set up. Based on the hypothesis of Giddings, this model has been simplified. In this way, the expressions of the first moment, the second and the third central moment for this model are derived by Laplace transform in detail. The results show the radial diffusion affects not only the column efficiency, the peak spreading and the peak symmetry, but also the retention time.
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