Dispersion in Chromatography Columns

Introduction to the Rate Theory

The Summation of Variances

The Alternative Axes of a Chromatogram

The Random Walk Model

Dispersion Processes that take Place in an LC Column

The Multipath Process

Longitudinal Diffusion

The Diffusion Process

The Resistance to Mass Transfer in The Mobile Phase

The Resistance to Mass Transfer in the stationary Phase

Resistance to Mass Transfer Dispersion

Diffusion Controlled Dispersion in the Stationary Phase

Diffusion Controlled Dispersion in the Mobile Phase

Effect of Mobile Phase Compressibility On the HETP Equation for a Packed GC Column

The Van Deemter Equation

Alternative Equations for Peak Dispersion

The Giddings Equation

The Huber Equation

The Knox Equation

The Horvath and Lin Equation

The Golay Equation

Experimental Validation of the Van Deemter Equation

Summary

References