29 Appendix Table of Some Useful Constants
30 Bibliography
31 Index
List of Tables
1 Chapter 2Table 2.1 Comparison of conventional, fast and ultra‐fast GC set‐ups.Table 2.2 McReynolds constants (∆I) for several stationary phases normalize...
2 Chapter 4Table 4.1 Equivalent conductivities of ions at infinite dilution in water a...
3 Chapter 7Table 7.1 Permeation range (Da) of three gels for various standard compound...
4 Chapter 9Table 9.1 Characteristic chromophores of some nitrogen‐containing groups.
5 Chapter 10Table 10.1 Correlation chart in the mid‐infrared region between functional ...Table 10.2 Comparison of absorption (IR) and scattering (Raman) intensities ...
6 Chapter 11Table 11.1 Position of the Raman peaks, calculated for four commonly used s...
7 Chapter 12Table 12.1 Several radioisotope X‐ray sources.
8 Chapter 13Table 13.1 Ratio ofNe /N0 for several elements at various temperatures.Table 13.2 Upper temperature limits for some gas mixtures.
9 Chapter 15Table 15.1 Values ofγ for some nuclei.Table 15.2 Values in MHz of some resonance frequencies for
10 Chapter 16Table 16.1 Atomic mass of the isotopes of the main elements commonly encount...
11 Chapter 17Table 17.1 Some characteristics of commonly used radioisotopes.
12 Chapter 19Table 19.1 Values of the ideal slopes at 298 K for a few ions.
13 Chapter 22Table 22.1 Examples of results from an analysis grouping the various parame...Table 22.2 Values of the Student’s two‐sided confidence coefficientt (calcu...Table 22.3 Summary of theF threshold values established for a confidence le...Table 22.4 Tabular summary of critical values forQ (Dixon’s test)Table P22.1
List of Illustrations
1 Chapter 1Figure 1.1 A basic experiment in chromatography. (a) The necessary ingredien...Figure 1.2 The principle of analysis by chromatography. The chromatogram, th...Figure 1.3 Chromatographic elution curve. Example of a graph of Eq. (1.1).Figure 1.4 Characteristics of an ideal chromatographic peak. Meaning of the ...Figure 1.5 Distribution isotherms. (a) The ideal situation corresponding to ...Figure 1.6 Dispersion of a solute in a column. Left, a graph corresponding t...Figure 1.7 Retention factors and separation factor (or selectivity factor) b...Figure 1.8 Resolution factor. A simulation of chromatographic peaks by juxta...Figure 1.9 Effect of column length on the resolution. Chromatograms obtained...Figure 1.10 Van Deemter curve in gas chromatography with the domains of para...Figure 1.11 The chromatographer’s compromise triangle between resolution, sp...Figure 1.12 Analysis by the external standard method. The precision of this ...Figure 1.13 Method of analysis by internal standard.Figure 1.14 Analysis by internal normalization method.
2 Chapter 2Figure 2.1 Operational diagram of a gas chromatograph and practical uses. a,...Figure 2.2 Efficiency as a function of the nature and linear velocity of the...Figure 2.3 Microsyringe for GC and principle of an injection loop installed ...Figure 2.4 Direct vaporization injector used for packed columns. The typical...Figure 2.5 Injectors. Above left, injection chamber with splitter (vent 2 re...Figure 2.6 PTV injector, with programmable temperature and cold on‐column in...Figure 2.7 Capillary columns. Representation of a 50 m long commercial capil...Figure 2.8 Polarity scale of stationary phases in GC and summary of the thre...Figure 2.9 Example of a separation with a chiral phase which contains grafte...Figure 2.10 Chiral stationary phase in GC. Among the three chiral vectors en...Figure 2.11 Gas analyses. Left, one of the earliest ever chromatograms, obta...Figure 2.12 FID detector (a) and NPD detector (b). The make‐up gas (or filli...Figure 2.13 Thermal conductivity detector. Left, layout demonstrating the du...Figure 2.14 (a) Electron capture detector (ECD) and (b) photo‐ionization det...Figure 2.15 Three detectors connected in series. At the outlet of a capillar...Figure 2.16 ‘Ultra‐fast’ chromatogram. Left, separation of several aromatic ...Figure