GC030 The Achievement of Separation
To analyze of the separation of two peaks is achieved, the following equation is used:
Rs = d / Wb
Where Rs is
the resolution, d Is the distance between the maxima of two adjacent peaks and
Wb is the peak width. Peak width, Wb, increases as the square root of the
column length, L, and d increases directly with L. In other words
Rs is proportional
to L / L^(1/2) = L^(1/2)
Resolution
is proportional to the square root of the column length.
If we plot
d or Wb versus L, d will surpass Wb at a sufficient large value of L and the
separation is achieved. The conclusion is that the chromatographic process in effective
even if it produces peak broadening. Of course, in practice there are many methods
to achieve a separation and the analyst rarely relies only in the column length.
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