title: A comparative study of methods for determining gas hold-up time.
abstract: It has been proved mathematically that there exists an identity between the various published methods for determining the hold-up times in gas chromatography. All of these methods are based on the equation: ln t'(R) = ln (t(R) - t(M)) = a + bZ, where t(R), t'(R), and t(M) are retention times, adjusted retention times, and hold-up times, respectively; a and b are coefficients that depend on the experimental conditions, and Z is the numbers of carbon atom of a homologue. So long as there are no errors in the values of the retention times, the hold-up times obtained by different methods based on this equation will be the same. The calculated results of experimental data reported in the literature support the viewpoints presented here.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, Anhui, PR China.
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Wu