Analytical Chemistry

(Chris Devlin) #1
n-propane 3.6

propylene 4.3

isobutane 5.5

n-butane 7.5

isobutylene 8.6

trans- 2 - butene 10.6

cis- 2 - butene 12.3
isopentane 13.6

n-pentane 18.2

What conclusions can be drawn from a plot of log t' R versus carbon number?


(8) Calculate the number of theoretical plates required to achieve baseline separation (Rs = 1.5) for an α


(= k 1 /k 2 ) value of 1.10 in


(a) a packed column where k 2 = 50

(b) a packed column where k 2 = 5

(c) a capillary column where k 2 = 2

(d) a capillary column where k 2 = 0.5

(e) as (b) but for α = 1.2.

(9) The following values for plate height and gas velocity were obtained for n-hexane on a 2-metre
Apiezon-L column:

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