General Chromatography Flashcards
What is goal of separation
1.Resolution of peaks (Ability to separate 2peaks)
2.retention time
3. Zone width- efficiency
What is a good resolution value
Resolution have to be 1.5 means that we don’t have missing and our peaks are well separated
If Rs is low than 1,5 means that there is mixing of 2 peaks
What affect resolution
Different in peak size can cause inseparable problems of peak/ not be able to distinguish them
How to improve resolution
-increase retention time of analytes
- improve selectivity by choosing other phases
-improve efficiency
What does retention and selectivity depends on
Intermolecular interactions the analytes experience with M and S phase molecules
Why does analytes interact with M phase in LC only
Because in GC M phase is gas (N) and they have idle behaviour means they will not interact with analytes.
Gas purposes in GC is to transport analytes away from column where is not dissolved in S phase
What are different chromatographic mode
Reverse phase chromatography: when S phase is non polar and M phase is polar.
Normal phase chromatography: when S phase is polar and M phase is less polar
What is retention factor
Is how long time analytes stays in stationary phase compared to mobile phase
What affect retention factor and retention time
It’s can be affected by flow rate, if we reduce flow rate retention time will increase
Ex: 1 ml/min flow rate give 1 retention factor but if we reduce to 0,5 ml/min flow rate retention factor will be twice
Separation factor
Is time two analytes stays in stationary phase
What is the characteristic of separation factor
It has always to be great than 1, if less or equal to 1 means that 2 cpds has same retention(co-elute) time and no separation occurs
What does retention factor depends on
It depends on distribution constant
Separation factor depends on what
Depends on distributions constant ratio of 2 compounds
Can pressure drop affect retention factor
In LC no effect- If you have liquid, the compressibility of liquid is insignificant that will not give any effect on the retentativity of a compound Cz the thermodynamic properties will not change by pressure.
In GC pressure have effect- But when mobile phase is compressible, the it can affect retentativity due to change in solubility
Can temperature affect retention factor and. Separation factor
In GC, k is affected by temperature and separation factor
- so the higher temperature the higher vapour pressure and faster analyte will come out.
- the more volatile the compound is the less time it will spend in the system.
What else does temperature affect
It affect kinetic properties of systems and linked to the zone width (broadening of a peaks) .
-increase of temperature lead to increase of diffusivity leading to wider zone
How is temperature affect in LC
- retention factor is reduced at low %(no po)
- affects kinetic properties increase mass transfer(moving of analytes from M.phase to S.phase ) lead to fast equilbria led to narrow peaks and less mixing of the zones
What does pressure drop
In LC increase in temperature reduce viscosity lead to increase of flow rate