Plate Theory and Extensions - Temperature Changes During the Passage of a Solute Through a Theoretical Plate in Gas Chromatography > Page 84
where
or
(71)
Now equation (71) is a standard integral, the solution of which can be seen by differentiation to be,
Now,
(72)
From the
elution curve equation,
Substituting
for () in equation (72),
(73)
Now, from Stirling's
theorem,