title: Fundamental mathematical relationships for retention volumes in liquid chromatography.
abstract: Various issues currently impeding elucidation of the retention mechanism(s) in reversed-phase liquid chromatography are discussed. A generalized derivation of the retention volume equations for both concentration and tracer pulse chromatography are presented. The derivations follow the general direction of multiple, ad hoc derivations presented in the extant literature. The retention volume equations derived herein represent a body of work previously dispersed throughout the chromatographic literature.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA.
authors.forename: Mei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mallette
authors.forename: Jon F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Parcher
mesh_terms: D002853:Chromatography, Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D008433:Mathematics