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Two trends of sample dispersion variation with carrier flow rate in a single flow-injection manifold
1Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Academia Sinica, P.O. Box 2871, Beijing 100085, China.
Abstract:
Two trends of sample dispersion variation with carrier flow rate in a single flow-injection manifold are completely revealed for the first time and an inflection point in the dispersion coefficient (D) vs. flow rate (q) curve is discovered. With the increase of the flow rate, the value of D increases before the inflection point but decreases after the inflection point. The value of the carrier flow rate at the inflection point (q(m)) is independent of the sample injection volume, the tube length, the tube coil radius and the tube inner diameter. It is only affected by the substance diffusion coefficient (D(m)) of the analysis. The value of q(m) decreases as D(m) increases. Therefore, the value of D(m) for a sample can be estimated according to the D(m) vs. q(m) curve.
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