Chromatographic Methods Flashcards
Technique in which the components of a mixture are separated based on differences in the rates at which they are carried through a stationary phase by a mobile phase
Chromatography
Solid or liquid film coated on a solid substrate that is fixed in place wither in a column or on a planar surface
Stationary phase
Liquid or gas that moves over or through the stationary phase carrying with it the analyte mixture
Mobile phase
Components of a sample are resolved on a packed column by _____, a process in which components are carried througha stationary phase by the movement of a mobile phase.
Elution
A plot of the detector’s response as a function of elution time (or volume of mobile phase) is called _____
Chromatogram
Time between the sample’s injection and the appearance of a solute peak at the detector of a column
Retention time
Width of a solute’s chromatographic peak at the baseline
Baseline width
Small peak on the left of a chromatogram is for _______: the time required to elute them is called ____
Dead or void time
A quantitative measure of the separation of two chromatographic peaks
Resolution
The amount of time a solute spends in the stationary phase relative to the time it spends in the mobile phase
Retention factor
The relative selectivity of a chromatographic column for a pair of solutes is given by
Selectivity factor
_____ and _____ are widely used as quantitative measures of chromatographic column efficiency.
Plate heights and plate count
In a van deemter equation, constants A, B, and C are
A. Longitudinal difussion, Coefficients of multiple path effects, Mass transfer
B. Coefficients of multiple path effects, Longitudinal difussion, Mass transfer
C. Mass transfer, Longitudinal difussion
B
Van deemter equation is only applicable for packed columns at _____ flow velocities
High
Most common movile ohases for gas chromatography which are chemically inert towards both sample and stationary phase.
He, Ar, N2
A chromatographic column
- packed with stationary phase
- short column length with large ID
- large sample
- poor resolution
Open tubular column
A chromatographic column
- coated with stationary phase
- long column length with small ID
- small amount of sample
- better resolution
Capillary column
5% of the injected sample enters the column
Split injection
Over 98% of injected sample enters the column
Splitless injection