GC025 The Golay Equation: Capillary columns – Part 1
Capillary columns are open tubes; hence their rate equation does not have the A term from Van Deemter equation. Golay introduced a new term to account for the diffusion process in the gas phase for the open tubular columns. His equation additionally has two C terms: one for mass transfer in stationary phase, Cs and another for mass transfer in the mobile phase, CM. The simple Golay equation is:
H = B/µ + (Cs + CM)µ
The term B accounts
for molecular diffusion. The equation for molecular diffusion is:
B = 2DG
Where DG is the
diffusion coefficient for the solute in the carrier gas. A small value for the
diffusion coefficient is desired to decrease the value of B and for H. The
usage of gases of high molecular masses like nitrogen or argon as carrier gases
aids in this sense. Additionally, a high linear velocity also decreases the
time a solute spends in the column and the time available for molecular
diffusion drops. On the other hand, the C terms are related to mass transfer,
either in the stationary phase or in the mobile phase. Fast solute sorption and
desorption minimizes band broadening, because this keeps molecules together.
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