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Prediction of theoretical plate number in isothermal gas chromatographic analysis on capillary columns

P Moretti1, S Vezzani, G Castello

  • 1University of Genoa, Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Via Dodecaneso 31, Genova I-16146, Italy.

Journal of Chromatography. A
|September 9, 2006
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