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In chromatography, the retardation factor (R) is the fraction of an analyte in the mobile phase of a chromatographic system. [1] In planar chromatography in particular, the retardation factor R F is defined as the ratio of the distance traveled by the center of a spot to the distance traveled by the solvent front. [ 2 ]
Retention distance, or R D, is a concept in thin layer chromatography, designed for quantitative measurement of equal-spreading of the spots on the chromatographic plate and one of the Chromatographic response functions. It is calculated from the following formula:
The [N 1/2 /4] term is the column factor, the [(α-1)/α] term is the thermodynamic factor, and the [k 2 '/(1+k 2 ')] term is the retention factor. The 3 factors are not completely independent, but they are very close, and can be treated as such. So what does this mean?
Example chromatogram showing signal as a function of retention time. In chromatography, resolution is a measure of the separation of two peaks of different retention time t in a chromatogram. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The retardation factor (R f), or retention factor, quantifies the results. It is the distance traveled by a given substance divided by the distance traveled by the mobile phase. [citation needed] Development of a TLC plate. Spots that appear purple separate into red spots and blue spots.
Each chromatogram peak will have its own retention factor (e.g., kappa1 for the retention factor of the first peak). This factor may be corrected for by the void volume of the column. Separation factor (alpha) is a relative comparison on how well two neighboring components of the mixture were separated (i.e., two neighboring bands on a ...
The retention factor (R ƒ) may be defined as the ratio of the distance travelled by the solute to the distance travelled by the solvent. It is used in chromatography to quantify the amount of retardation of a sample in a stationary phase relative to a mobile phase. [2] R ƒ values are usually expressed as a fraction of two decimal places.
In gas chromatography, the Kovats retention index (shorter Kovats index, retention index; plural retention indices) is used to convert retention times into system-independent constants. The index is named after the Hungarian-born Swiss chemist Ervin Kováts , who outlined the concept in the 1950s while performing research into the composition ...