Rationale behind the optimum efficiency of columns packed with new 1.9 μm fully porous particles of narrow particle size distribution

Journal of Chromatography A

Volumn 1454, Issue , 2016, Pages 78-85

  Catani, Martina ^a   Ismail, Omar H ^b   Cavazzini, Alberto ^a   Ciogli, Alessia ^b   Villani, Claudio ^b   Pasti, Luisa ^a   Bergantin, Caterina ^a   Cabooter, Deirdre ^c   Desmet, Gert ^d   Gasparrini, Francesco ^b   Bell, David S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^e Millipore Sigma   (United States)

Author keywords

Column efficiency; Eddy dispersion; Mass transfer; Sub 2 m fully porous particles of narrow particle size distribution (nPSD)

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; EFFICIENCY; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MASS TRANSFER; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PORE SIZE; POROUS MATERIALS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

COLUMN EFFICIENCY; EDDY DISPERSIONS; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; LONGITUDINAL DIFFUSIONS; MASS-TRANSFER KINETICS; OPTIMUM EFFICIENCY; POROUS PARTICLE; THEORETICAL PLATES;

PARTICLE SIZE;

DEVICES; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; REVERSED PHASE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, REVERSE-PHASE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY;

EID: 84971659910     PISSN: 00219673     EISSN: 18733778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2016.05.037     Document Type: Article

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