Chromatography Flashcards
is a separation technique based on the different interactions of compounds with two phases, a mobile phase and a stationary phase, as the compounds travel through a supporting medium
Chromatography
a solvent that flows through the supporting medium
Mobile phase
a layer or coating on the supporting medium that interacts with the
analytes
Stationary phase
a solid surface on which the stationary phase is bound or coated
Supporting medium
The analytes interacting most strongly with the stationary phase will take longer to pass through the system than those with weaker interactions. What does this mean?
High affinity
GC; type of stationary phase
1. Gas-solid chrom.
2. Gas-liquid chrom.
3. Bonded-phase gas chrom.
- solid, underivatized support
- liquid- coated support
- chemically-derivatized support
LC; type of stationary phase
1. Adsorption chrom.
2. Partition chrom.
3. Ion-exchange chrom.
4. Size exclusion chrom.
5. Affinity chrom.
- solid, underivatized support
- liquid coated/underivatized support
- support containing fixed charges
- porous support
- support w/ immobilized ligand
tr
tm
Wb
Wh
retention time
void time or dead time
baseline width of peak
half height width of peak
The separation of solutes in chromatography depends on two factors:
(a) a difference in the retention of solutes (i.e., a difference in their time or volume of
elution
(b) a sufficiently narrow width of the solute peaks (i.e, good efficiency for the separation
system)
The volume of the mobile phase that it takes to elute a peak off of the column.
Retention volume (Vr)
Is directly related to the
strength of the solute’s interaction with the mobile and stationary phases
Retention volume (Vr)
The amount of mobile phase that it takes to
elute a non-retained component.
Void volume (Vm)
Theory of chromatography:
- Typical response obtained by chromatography (i.e., a chromatogram)
- Solute retention
- Efficiency
Retention on a given column pertain to the particulars of that system:
- size of the column
- flow rate of the mobile phase
Column length formula/ average linear velocity
v = L/tr
Capacity factor (k’): more universal measure of retention, determined from tr or Vr
k’ = (tr -tm)/tm
k’ = (Vr - Vm)/Vm
fundamental definition of k’
k’ = moles A (stationary phase)/ moles A (mobile phase)
k’ is directly related to the strength of the interaction between a solute with the stationary
and mobile phases.
represents the amount of solute present in each
phase at equilibrium
Moles A (stationary phase) and moles A (mobile phase)
When k’ is less than or equal to 1.0,
When k’ is > 30,
When k’ is = 2-10,
separation is poor
separation is slow
separation is optimum
equilibrium constant for the distribution of A between the mobile
phase and stationary phase
Kd
Assuming local equilibrium at the center of the chromatographic peak:
k’ = [A]stationary phase Volume stationary phase/ [A] mobile phase Volume mobile phase
k’ = Kd Volume stationary phase/ Volume mobile phase
As KD
increases, interaction of the solute with the stationary phase becomes more
favorable and the solute’s retention (k’) increases
peak separation also represents different changes in free energy
is related experimentally to a solute’s peak width
- an efficient system will produce narrow peaks
- narrow peaks = smaller difference in interactions in order to separate two solutes
Efficiency
is related experimentally to a solute’s peak width
- an efficient system will produce narrow peaks
- narrow peaks = smaller difference in interactions in order to separate two solutes
Efficiency